Musah Superior writes;
*CHOOSING OUR FLAGBEARER IN JANUARY 2026 IS MOST STRATEGIC.*
Early Presidential primaries doesn’t stop the Party from any structural or strategic reorganisation or reforms. It rather introduces a strategic move away from the usual election calendar of the party. It does not violate the constitition of the party either. I have witnessed and participated formally and informally in all Presidential primaries of our great NPP since 1992. It has always been competitive, rigorous, free, fair, and fulfilling, and has always concluded in a way that fulfils our expectations. All our previous flagbearers were deservingly elected. Unfortunately, no first-time NPP Presidential candidate has won Ghana’s presidential election before..
This year’s flagbeatership campaign appears to be exceedingly rancorous, divisive, and dangerous. The party is visibly divided at all levels, culminating in some indecourous and discourteous pronouncements by some Presidential hopefuls, their spokespersons, and supporters. Dangerously, the internal conversation has been awashed with vulgaries. Such outrageous bitterness has shamelessly brought the good name of the party into disrepute.
The constant throwing of invectives; using the NEW MEDIA and broadcast radio and engaging in unnecessarily ludicurous public commentaries, poor messaging and terrible communication tactics by supporters of the various aspiring flagbearers to “project” their Presidential hopefuls on various NPP WhatsApp platforms is worrying. We should not allow scoundrel characters to decimate our Party.
This unbecoming conduct has, on a daily basis, undermined the internal cohesion and unity of the party. Unfortunately, the National Steering Commitee is without the “backbone” to stop this self inflicting damage at once. The leadership of the party is TOTALLY unable to reinstill discipline into the party. They have become DESPONDENT. They lack force, sharpness, and effectiveness to bring persons who violate our rules to order.
In times of crisis, you do not do normal things. So, on the 17th of June, 2025, the Party’s National Council took a unanimous novel and strategic decision that the Party should conduct its Presidential primary on the 31st of January, 2026. This was a BOLD move to quell the “ugly noises” in the party right now and the attacks and counter attacks by Presidential hopefuls and their supporters.
There is ABSOLUTELY nothing like “top to bottom” elections. This two word phraseology is deliberately used to confuse our party folks. The party will continue to elect our executives starting from the base. The mandate of the current executives expires between March and July 2026.
I submit therefore that the decision by the National Council to select the Party’s flagbearer in January 2026 is not only well-meaning, but it is also judicious.
It is flat out false to suggest that the party can not be effectively put in shape if we select our flagbearer before electing the officers of party. There is a coordinated propaganda by antagonists of the early flagbearer election to “demonise” it.Their claim that we are abandoning the traditional way of conducting elections in the Party, and doing something wrong is total fabrication. It is well planned, highly persuasive propaganda to dissuade us from accepting a rather well thought-out decision.
It is imperative to conclude that any conversation to suggest that an early election of our flagbearer will not help our cause as a Party is downrightly flawed.
I call on the party people to reject these baseless push to vary the date scheduled for the flagbearership election. Those who are against it are deliberately trying to mislead us to promote their self-seeking political causes.
Let the momentum build up for 31st January, 2026. Let’s get the flagbearer issue off the table and bring back stability and nomalcy into the party and focus on exposing the failing NDC to the Ghanaian people.
