In a candid and sobering reflection, seasoned NPP stalwart Boakye Agyarko has sounded a clarion call for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to rediscover its ideological roots, warning that the party risks becoming a mere political label manipulated by self-serving cabals if urgent reforms are not enacted.
In a statement titled “Teachings From Our Past: Things We Must Avoid,” Agyarko lamented what he described as the party’s drift from its founding ideals.
According to him, the NPP has strayed from being a true political movement—defined by shared principles and national purpose—into a fragmented entity dominated by narrow interest groups.
“The fundamental problem of the NPP, now, is that we are drifting away from the true form and definition of a political party… Instead, we in our current form have become a label,” Agyarko declared.
He drew parallels to American political analyst Stuart Stevens, who warned that political parties without higher purpose devolve into mere cartels, existing only to seize and retain power.
Agyarko warned that the party’s internal elections, once meant to surface the best and brightest, have now become battlefields driven by desperation and exclusion.
“We fight to the brink of death instead of it being a process for selecting the best amongst us,” he observed.
He noted that many now see internal contests as mere pathways to economic opportunity rather than service to nation and party.
The former minister offered a bold solution: a mass registration of all NPP supporters and members, giving them direct power to elect party leaders at every level.
“This menace will be curbed if and only if we register all party members—even in their millions—and make them responsible for electing all officers and candidates of our party,” he stated.
Agyarko argued that this shift would dismantle the current command-and-control structure and restore democratic integrity within the party.
Read his full statement below:
