Former Minister for Information, Fatimatu Abubakar, has called on members and leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to exercise restraint and adopt a unified approach in addressing grievances following the Party’s defeat in the December 2024 general elections.
Speaking on Accra-based Asempa FM on Friday, 24 January, she expressed concern over the public blame game that emerged after the Party’s unexpected electoral loss.
“It is unacceptable and detrimental to our regrouping efforts to hear or read senior members of the Party, including active members of the 2024 campaign team, pointing fingers without caution,” she remarked.
While acknowledging the frustrations that naturally follow such a setback, she stressed that public airing of grievances only harms the Party further.
“If you truly love the NPP, you will cover it when it is naked, fix it when it is broken, and lift it up when it is down,” she urged.
The former Minister emphasised the importance of resolving internal issues within the Party’s established structures rather than airing them through the media.
“Throwing accusations freely in public can only serve one negative purpose: to build mistrust and disunity. What if those accused also decide to respond? They, too, have strong followings in the Party and beyond. But where will that take us,” she queried.
Fatimatu Abubakar commended the NPP National Council for forming a fact-finding committee to investigate the Party’s defeat.
Chaired by former Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye, the committee’s mandate is to uncover the reasons behind the loss and recommend actionable steps to reposition the Party for victory in 2028.
She urged members to support the committee’s efforts and avoid actions that could undermine its work.
“We must all focus on reflection, regrouping, and recapturing power in the shortest possible time. But how we go about it matters greatly,” she said.
Madam Fatimatu also cautioned against using media platforms and social media to address internal Party issues, describing such actions as harmful to the Party’s image and unity.
“If you jump from radio station to radio station, TV to TV, or social media to social media to discuss all that you perceive to be wrong with our Party and play the blame game, ask yourself: What is your motive, and what do you seek to achieve?”
She reminded members that the Party’s strength lies in unity and urged them to focus on collective action rather than divisive rhetoric.
“Heroes are not made from those who lament and lambast but from those who find the courage to lead in the effort to make the Party rise again. We rise together and fall together. But rise is what we must and shall,” she declared!