The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has established a nine-member committee to review its constitution following the presentation of a post-mortem report by the Oquaye Committee. The committee, chaired by Professor Mike Oquaye, investigated the party’s defeat in the 2024 general elections.
According to NPP General Secretary Justin Kodua Frimpong, the committee will focus on revising the party’s constitution to address gaps identified in the report.
“The National Council accepted the report, but there are several steps we need to take as a party. We need to sit down and deliberate on the report. There will be a need for a constitutional amendment. So, based on that, the National Council has constituted a 9-member committee to look at Prof. Mike Oquaye’s report, where issues of proposal or amendment have to be made to our Constitution,” Frimpong explained.
The party has received the report and plans to communicate its contents and recommendations to the grassroots and the general public in due course.
“We want the media and Ghanaians to know that we have just received the report today, April 16. We’re yet to go into details as to what entails in the report. In the coming days, whatever it is we have to communicate to our people, we will do so,” Frimpong said.
Frimpong also cautioned party members against making premature or speculative public comments about the report’s contents.
“But we want to caution our members not to be in a haste to say things which are not even in the report, and for people to make several assumptions and accusations,” he urged.
The NPP leadership plans to embark on a nationwide tour to engage with supporters and share insights from the report. This move aims to rebuild trust and restructure the party ahead of future elections.
The decision was taken during an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held at the Alisa Hotel in Accra yesterday.
The meeting was attended by key figures, including former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and 2024 presidential candidate Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.