Political Scientist Dr. Kwesi Amakye-Boateng has urged the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to urgently re-strategise and come to terms with the realities of its post-election losses, warning that the ongoing “Thank You” tour may be doing more harm than good.
His remarks follow a public clash between former Assin Central MP, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, and NPP Bono Regional Chairman, Kwame Baffoe Abronye, during Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s national tour stop in Berekum on Monday.
Dr. Amakye-Boateng, weighing in on the situation, described the tour as potentially counterproductive.
“So far as what has come to the public is concerned, it is not necessarily healing. It appears to be opening wounds. It appears to be deepening some existing ones,” he noted in an interview on Joy FM’s Middaynews on April 29.
He emphasised that the NPP must shift from surface-level engagements and undertake genuine introspection.
“They [NPP] need to restrategise and simply come to terms with some realities,” he said, adding that the failure to acknowledge mistakes and accept collective responsibility could hinder the party’s rebuilding efforts.
Dr. Amakye-Boateng also criticised the framing of the tour as a “Thank You” exercise, calling it a “misnomer” given the widespread public dissatisfaction following the party’s significant electoral losses.
“Obviously, a lot of things didn’t go on well. The massive loss—the number in Parliament speaks to this issue. They need to really render an apology to people,” he stated.
Dr. Amakye-Boateng also cautioned party members against using the tour for personal advantage, noting that “It shouldn’t be an opportunity for anybody to try to make gains. No, that’s not the time.”
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