People didn’t vote because of arrogance, incompetence and bad governance – Gyampo tells NPP
A Professor at the University of Ghana, Ransford Gyampo has said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) lost the elections due to corruption, misgovernance, arrogance and economic mismanagement. He indicated that blaming the defeat on apathy without interrogating the real reason why their people didn’t vote amounts to propaganda.
“People didn’t vote because they felt let down, because of corruption, arrogance, economic mismanagement, nepotistic governance. If they know apathy caused it why are they setting up a committee to go into the reason why you lost?
“Come to us, we will tell you all the factors that led to the monumental defeat of the NPP. The NPP lost the elections in 2022, there is no need to go and waste money finding out why you lost,” he said on the Key Points on TV3 on Saturday, December 28.
His assertion follows comments made by key persons including the Former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Pr0fessor Stephen Adei, who attributed the defeat of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2024 elections to heavy apathy.
He expresses the view that President-elect John Dramani Mahama could not gain many votes because the difference between his 2020 and 2024 figures was just about 200,000 votes.
Prof Adei stated that the defeat of the NPP showed they became blind to the concerns raised by even their own members about how the economy was being managed.
Speaking on the Hot Issues on TV3 Sunday, December 22, he said “Let me tell you that NDC didn’t win the elections, that is systematic in the past one also. In Ghana always the government loses the election. Mahama only got about 200,000 votes above what he got in 2020 which means that even with the biological increase of NDC members he didn’t get much, partly not because of his fault but because of people being disillusioned and saying they won’t vote.
Much of the loss was that NPP members say enough is enough. Prof Adei further cautioned President-elect John Dramani Mahama against any move to remove the Chair of the Electoral Commission (EC) Jean Adukwei Mensa from office.
Prof Adei stated that it would be disastrous for Mr Mahama to do so. He also cautioned the incoming Mahama administration against any move to remove Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornor especially when there is no basis for such action.
He expresses the view that Ghanaians will pay a heavy price if President-elect John Mahama removes the Chief Justice. He said “It will be disastrous, he will be consolidating a very bad practice which will not augur well for Ghana’s future whereby every president basically appoints a new EC…we must find a way not to destroy our institutions.”
