National Chairman Aspirant Advocates Reforms To Correct Ills In NPP
Mr. Akwasi Osei-Adjei, former Foreign Affairs minister has prescribed antidotes for ills in the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP).
He has mentioned the low morale of the party’s support base, lack of effective leadership, lack of motivation and lack of control command and miscommunication and direction.
Commenting on the state of the NPP between 2020 and the present, the former minister in the Kufuor administration in an interview, Mr. Osei-Adjei said something serious is affecting the fortunes and internal systems of the party.
According to him, the systems are not well structured and suggested that the actual support base of the party should be interrogated.
He said lack of motivation and leadership in terms of control command and structures in the face of the events leading to the 2020 elections needed to be addressed.
The aspirant attributed issues that contributed to the loss of parliamentary seats in 2020 to a complete disconnect and recommended that it should be considered a national issue and addressed with the topmost priority.
He said the complete disconnect and miscommunication and lack of direction caused the party to lose many seats in the last elections
Mr. Osei-Adjei frowned on the unopposed concept adopted by the party in some constituencies which he attributed to a lack of leadership and suggested that there should be consensus in resolving such issues instead of fiat.
Elaborating further, the national chairman hopeful said the campaign structure of the party should change because no two constituencies have the same problems for which every constituency must be seen as autonomous, unlike the presidential campaign which could be manned by one campaign manager.
Mr. Osei-Adjei said the party should take steps to empower the grassroots and suggested an expansion of ded Electoral College for all members to vote and choose leaders as a way of discouraging monetary influence by leaders.
“The Electoral College must be revised to allow a Univeral College”, he suggested adding that the more people vote the more leaders are accountable to the party.
The former Minister also recommended the party goes back to the drawing board to consider reforms, particularly in the membership drive and payment of dues by all members for which an accepted formula of disbursement of such funds at the National, Regional and constituency levels should be considered.
The national chairman aspirant also suggested that major stakeholders of the party including senior citizens who have the leverage to bring people on board should be contacted to help rebuild the party and win power in the 2024 elections.