{"id":331183,"date":"2025-04-22T09:50:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T09:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/04\/22\/npp-denies-release-of-prof-oquaye-committee-report\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T09:50:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T09:50:02","slug":"npp-denies-release-of-prof-oquaye-committee-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/04\/22\/npp-denies-release-of-prof-oquaye-committee-report\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP denies release of Prof. Oquaye Committee report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has denied releasing any portion of the Prof. Oquaye Committee Report, stating that only one copy was prepared and submitted to the National Council.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The General Secretary of the NPP, Justin Kodua Frimpong, who issued the disclaimer, said the party was still studying the report&#8217;s contents and would disclose relevant information if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>He warned against the circulation of fake quotes purporting to be from the report and attributed them to political opponents, particularly members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/p>\n<p>Mr Frimpong urged members of the party to disregard such quotes and remain focused on the party&#8217;s rebuilding efforts ahead of the 2028 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Oquaye\u2019s 11-member committee tasked with investigating the party\u2019s defeat in the 2024 general election presented its report to the National Council of the party last Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, there have been several quotes making the rounds on social media purported to be coming from the report.<\/p>\n<h2>Flag bearer<\/h2>\n<p>The party also cautioned its executives, leading members and communicators against making public endorsements or denigrating comments about prospective flagbearer aspirants.<\/p>\n<p>The National Council of the party issued the warning after taking a serious view of some distasteful comments made against some aspirants.<\/p>\n<p>The directive, which remains in force until nominations for presidential primaries are opened, warned that any party executive or member who flouted it would face sanctions in accordance with the party&#8217;s constitution and code of conduct.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The party urged its members and stakeholders to cooperate in maintaining party unity.<\/p>\n<h2>9-Member Committee\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, the party has formed a nine-member Constitutional Amendment Committee to review and propose amendments to the party&#8217;s constitution.<\/p>\n<p>The committee, chaired by Frank Davies, Chairman of the party&#8217;s Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee, was constituted by the National Council at its meeting last Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The committee members include the Deputy Minority Leader and Member of Parliament (MP) for Asokwa, Patricia Appiagyei; MP for Ofoase Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah; a Deputy General Secretary of the NPP, Dr Antoinette Tsiboe-Darko; the Volta Regional Chairman of he NPP, Makafui Woanyah, and a former MP, Ebenezer Nartey, as Secretary.<\/p>\n<p>The committee&#8217;s mandate includes:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Identifying provisions of the Party Constitution that require amendments to give effect to the recommendations of the Mike Oquaye Election Review Committee<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Working on the recommendations of the 2021 Constitutional Review Committee chaired by Hon. Alexander Afenyo-Markin<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Receiving proposals for constitutional amendments from party members and identifiable groups<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Categorising proposals under various Articles and Clauses for ease of reference<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Making appropriate recommendations to guide the debate at the National Annual Delegates Conference<\/p>\n<p>The party would hold an Extraordinary National Annual Delegates Conference in July this year to consider the committee&#8217;s report, which would be tabled in the form of amendment motions for approval or otherwise.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has denied releasing any portion of the Prof. Oquaye Committee Report, stating that only one copy was prepared and submitted to the National Council.\u00a0 The General Secretary of the NPP, Justin Kodua Frimpong, who issued the disclaimer, said the party was still studying the report&#8217;s contents and would disclose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":331184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-331183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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