{"id":419996,"date":"2025-10-16T21:18:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T21:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/10\/16\/i-dont-intend-to-go-back-to-npp-they-lack-values-buaben-asamoa\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T21:18:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T21:18:22","slug":"i-dont-intend-to-go-back-to-npp-they-lack-values-buaben-asamoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/10\/16\/i-dont-intend-to-go-back-to-npp-they-lack-values-buaben-asamoa\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I don\u2019t intend to go back to NPP; they lack values&#8217; \u2013 Buaben Asamoa"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Yaw-Buaben-Asamoa-1024x508.jpg\" \/><br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                       \n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The General Secretary of the United Party (UP), Yaw Buaben Asamoa, has ruled out any possibility of returning to the New Patriotic Party (NPP), insisting that the party has lost its moral compass and core values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NPP revoked the membership of Yaw Buaben Asamoa and three others after they publicly endorsed a presidential aspirant other than the party\u2019s elected flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking in an interview on <strong>JoyNews<\/strong>&#8216; The Pulse on Thursday, October 16, the former NPP Communications Director said the once value-driven party has become arrogant and disconnected from the principles of humaneness, integrity, and service that once defined it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEverything they performed was overshadowed by the lack of humaneness. For me, that is the biggest problem that party has. It got too arrogant,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked if this was the reason he would not consider rejoining the NPP, Mr. Asamoa responded emphatically: \u201cI don\u2019t intend to go back to the NPP. They don\u2019t have values. First of all, let\u2019s examine the NPP \u2014 which NPP are we talking about now?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He argued that the current state of the party no longer reflects its founding ideals, claiming that its leadership and internal culture have drifted far from the conservative, right-of-center tradition it once upheld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs far as I recollect, the roots of the NPP came from the CPP tradition for about eight years. The party was later managed by a chairman who had CPP roots but became NPP. 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