Patrick Yaw Boamah and Davis Opoku Ansah
As part of the process to reorganize, following the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) constituted a 12-member committee, led by Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye.
Tasked with investigating the reasons behind the NPP’s defeat in the 2024 general elections, where the party lost the presidency to the National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s John Dramani Mahama and saw a significant reduction in parliamentary seats, losing its majority, the committee, after weeks of combing the country, speaking with party members, electors, and other stakeholders, presented a report on its findings and recommendations to the leadership of the NPP on April 16, 2025.
Amidst some shared details from the full contents of the report, there is a growing campaign for the leadership of the NPP to make the report available to many more people.
Persons calling for the release of the Oquaye Report include some leading members of the party, as well as political analysts.
Two Members of Parliament of the NPP have so far joined the calls for the release of the report by advancing arguments on the need for transparency, party unity, and strategic considerations.
Davis Opoku Ansah
Following the submission of the Oquaye Report to the leadership of the NPP, the party, as part of recommendations contained, constituted a committee to oversee an overhaul of the party’s constitution.
This led to an open invitation being extended to members of the NPP to submit proposals for inputs to be made in the possible amendments to the constitution.
However, the Member of Parliament for Mpraeso Constituency, Davis Opoku Ansah (OPK), has described the refusal of the party to release the report, while asking for proposals, as a blatant disregard for its members.
According to the MP, the approach by the party leadership is a failure to deal with the core issues emanating from the party’s defeat.
“Proposals based on what data? On what facts? On what diagnosis?” he questioned in a Facebook post.
He added that; “Surprisingly, the same party, of which we are all integral members, charged a committee to investigate the reasons behind our electoral defeat. When the committee visited the Mpraeso Constituency, I rushed down to meet with them and immediately returned to Parliament to fulfill my duties. That is how seriously I took the exercise. Now that the committee has completed its work, not even a communiqué has been issued to share the executive summary of its findings. Instead, we are being invited to submit proposals for constitutional amendments. Proposals based on what data? On what facts? On what diagnosis?
“The national party must take its members seriously. This is not how you recover from a humiliating defeat. We cannot pretend to fix the structure without first acknowledging what broke it. If we fail to open up the sore and press it properly, it will not heal. Let us get it right.”
Patrick Boamah Bemoans Lack of Transparency
The Member of Parliament for Okaikwei Central, Patrick Yaw Boamah, has become the latest figure in the NPP to add his voice to the growing calls for the release of the Oquaye Report.
Speaking in a recent interview on Asaase Radio, he expressed his frustration over the lack of transparency surrounding the findings of the report, which is deemed a blueprint for the reorganisation of the party.
According to the MP, it remains important that key figures of the party, such as Members of Parliament, are given the benefit of knowing the details of the Oquaye Report.
“We should have at least been called to meet and be told what went wrong.
“If we know the mistakes, we can fix them, but as things stand, we are in the dark. I am not saying we should make it public, but I think it’s time for the party to share this report with us and allow us to make the necessary changes,” he stated.
Party’s Position on Release of Oquaye Report
The NPP has taken a strong position against the release of the Oquaye Report, with a former National Chairman of the party, Freddie Blay, describing the document as a “trade secret.”
Some national leaders of the party, including the General Secretary, Justin Frimpong Kodua; and the Communications Director, Richard Ahiagbah; have denied reports of a possible leak, noting that the report remains under strict security, as the full document will remain confidential for strategic reasons.
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