Alan Kyerematen’s Resignation Sparks Controversy Over NPP Power Dynamics

The leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has rejected claims that the party has been hijacked by a select few.

Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, during a press conference on Monday, September 25, resigned from the party and declared his intention to contest as an independent candidate.

Alan claimed that the party has been “hijacked by a selected group of Party leaders and elders, and government appointees behind the curtain power brokers”.

But responding to him on Tuesday, September 26, during a press conference, the General Secretary of the NPP, Justin Koduah, dismissed the assertion.

He added, “Currently, about two hundred thousand (200,000) delegates would be voting to select the party’s next flagbearer relative to the estimated one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight delegates (1,998) who did the same in 1992. Clearly, the quantum leap to two hundred thousand (200,000) delegates in 2023 underscores the decentralization of power to all party stakeholders and defeats the assertion that the party has been hijacked by a privileged few”.

He further rubbished Mr. Kyerematen’s claims of intimidation against his supporters, emphasizing that government appointees, including cabinet ministers who openly declared support for him, are still in post.

Justin Frimpong Koduah, while acknowledging that the party accepts Mr. Kyerematen’s decision, noted their disappointment in the lack of prior notification to the party’s leadership before the public announcement.

Koduah described Mr. Kyerematen’s decision as ‘pre-meditated,’ given the mode of his resignation, through a press conference. The leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has rejected claims that the party has been hijacked by a select few.

Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, during a press conference on Monday, September 25, resigned from the party and declared his intention to contest as an independent candidate.

Alan claimed that the party has been “hijacked by a selected group of party leaders and elders and government appointees behind the curtain power brokers”.

But responding to him on Tuesday, September 26, during a press conference, the General Secretary of the NPP, Justin Koduah, dismissed the assertion.

He added, “Currently, about two hundred thousand (200,000) delegates would be voting to select the party’s next flagbearer relative to the estimated one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight delegates (1,998) who did the same in 1992. Clearly, the quantum leap to two hundred thousand (200,000) delegates in 2023 underscores the decentralization of power to all party stakeholders and defeats the assertion that the party has been hijacked by a privileged few”.

He further rubbished Mr. Kyerematen’s claims of intimidation against his supporters, emphasizing that government appointees, including cabinet ministers who openly declared support for him, are still in post.

Justin Frimpong Koduah, while acknowledging that the party accepts Mr. Kyerematen’s decision, noted their disappointment in the lack of prior notification to the party’s leadership before the public announcement.

Koduah described Mr. Kyerematen’s decision as ‘pre-meditated,’ given the mode of his resignation, through a press conference.