The Member of Parliament for Okaikwei Central, Patrick Yaw Boamah, has made a passionate appeal for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to take deliberate steps to apologize to sections of society affected by its policies and to work toward rebuilding trust, especially after the party’s significant electoral losses.
Speaking in an interview on GHONE’s State of Affairs, the legislator described the party’s performance in the 2024 general elections as one of its worst defeats, signaling a need for introspection and decisive action.
“We haven’t recovered. We haven’t, because even if we were going to lose the election, we didn’t believe it was going to be of this magnitude.”
The NPP’s representation in Parliament dropped dramatically from 137 seats to just 88—an outcome Boamah described as devastating and unprecedented.
“It was a huge loss, reflected on the party… It’s one of the heaviest defeats we’ve suffered as a party. And every concerned member must be worried,” he said.
Boamah emphasized the need to reconnect with the middle class and the business community, many of whom, he admitted, suffered under the party’s economic policies.
“We must undertake conscious steps to win back the middle class, the business community. We apologize—some of our programs and policies affected them. Some lost their profits,” he said.
He also expressed concern for retirees whose pensions were affected, and citizens who lost their livelihoods and properties.
Boamah stressed that true reconciliation will require humility and sincerity, noting that individual members like himself have already started the process by admitting the party’s faults publicly.
“I do it on every platform like I’m doing now. And I believe that is the right thing to do,” he said.
He called on the entire party to do the same and cautioned against assuming that voters would “naturally come around.”
“Politics has evolved. You need to go to people and apologize and tell them that, look, given the opportunity, this will not happen again.”
Using the metaphor of long-term friendships, Boamah underscored the importance of making the first move in healing broken relationships with the electorate.
“People make friends. 30, 40 years, an issue will come. They will split heads, and one has to make the move. We will make the right move to encourage all those who are disappointed in us to come back home,” he added.