Dennis Miracles Aboagye, Director of Communications for the Bawumia Campaign Team, says the low turnout of members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) led to the party’s loss in the 2024 general elections.
“One of the key reasons this result is as it is, according to the data, is that our people didn’t turn out to vote, and that is the fact,” he said.
“In 2020, the NPP had 145,000 votes in the Ahafo region; in 2024, we had 113,000. The NDC had 116,000 in 2020 and 130,000 in 2024. In Greater Accra, the NPP had 1,253,179 votes in 2020, and the NDC had 1,326,489. But in 2024, the NPP had only 681,000, which is half of what we achieved in 2020,” Miracles Aboagye said on Newsfile on Saturday, December 14.
Meanwhile, Alhassan Suhuyini, the Member of Parliament for Tamale North, has attributed the NPP’s defeat in the recent elections to their poor performance, which he claims angered many Ghanaians.
Speaking on The Big Issue on Channel One News on Saturday, Suhuyini emphasised that the NPP’s governance left much to be desired, leading to widespread dissatisfaction among the electorate.
Despite this, he urged the NDC to move past the funfair and understand the responsibility placed on them by Ghanaians.
“It is a victory that requires reflection. The funfair should be over by now. We need to understand the level of responsibility that has been placed on His Excellency the President’s shoulders and by extension the shoulders of the NDC. The margin of victory should not let us lose sight of the fact that expectation is also that high.
“Yes, the NPP was abysmal in government. Their style of leadership in many instances provoked people and I am sure it is that provocation that has manifested in the endorsement that the NDC got,” he stated.
