Dr. Jonathan Asante, a political analyst at the University of Cape Coast, has said former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo‘s leadership was responsible for 60% of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) loss in the general election of 2024.
Sammy Crabbe, the former vice chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), characterized the party as weak, which prompted the lecturer’s comments.
In an interview with Citi News, Dr. Asante pointed out that the NPP’s severe electoral defeat was largely caused by their disregard for party institutions.
“What happened to them is like what is in Jeremiah, where it is said that the fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children’s teeth are set on edge. I think Mr. Akufo-Addo contributed about 60 percent of Dr. Bawumia’s defeat, and Dr. Bawumia himself contributed about 40 percent.
“Now that being said, the arrogance that the appointees of government displayed, all these things contributed as intangibles that led to that mass opposition to the renewal of their mandate in the 2024 elections. And so the good will is not there. The structures are weak in the sense that it was more or less like a one-man show,” Dr. Asante is quoted to have said in a report by citinewsroom.com.
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