Outgoing Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Divine Otoo Agorhom, has stated that the lack of support from some party elders made his tenure particularly difficult.
Agorhom, who served as the party’s Greater Accra Regional Chairman from 2018, said he did not receive the backing he needed from key members of the party in the region to effectively run the regional administration.
Speaking to Citi News on the sidelines of the party’s regional delegates’ congress on Saturday August 15, he said the challenge affected his ability to carry out his responsibilities.
“Unfortunately, I didn’t get the support of the elders of the party. That made my administration quite a difficult one,” he said.
Agorhom, who is of Dangbe heritage, noted that Greater Accra has a strong indigenous base that plays an important role in the party’s structure and mobilisation.
He said the absence of sufficient support from some of the party’s key figures made it difficult to manage the affairs of the region.
“This is a region made up of, you know, the Ga-Adangbes. I happen to be a Dangbe. The kind of support I needed to get from the key members of the party in the region was not forthcoming, so to say. That made the whole work quite difficult for me,” he added.
His comments come as the NPP seeks to reorganise its structures in Greater Accra following a significant decline in its parliamentary fortunes.
The party, which won 21 parliamentary seats in the region in 2016, was reduced to just five seats in the 2024 general elections.
