Acclaiming Boakye Agyarko: A call now validated

In October 2025, I wrote an article titled “Let Us Acclaim Boakye Agyarko as National Chairman of the NPP”. In that piece, I appealed to the collective conscience of the UP tradition to rise above routine internal contests and recognize that the moment demanded an extraordinary solution to extraordinary challenges.

Further, I argued then that the New Patriotic Party (NPP), weakened by internal discord, leadership inertia, and waning public confidence, needed a stabilizing figure — a man of proven integrity, intellectual depth, and rooted party loyalty — to restore discipline, coherence, and moral direction.

That person, I stated emphatically, was Hon. Boakye Agyarko.

At the time, my suggestion that he be acclaimed as National Chairman was met by some with skepticism. To many, the idea seemed to run counter to our party’s cherished tradition of open competition. Yet, as I cautioned then, traditions serve their purpose only when they sustain, rather than endanger, the very institutions they uphold. When a house is on fire, the family does not debate who will fetch the water; they act.

Recent developments within the party now vindicate this position. Hon. Joe Osei-Owusu (popularly known as Joe Wise), Chairman of the NPP’s Elections Committee and a respected senior member of the party, has publicly called for a similar course of action — the acclamation of leadership as a necessary step toward restoring order and discipline in our ranks. In his view, indiscipline and factionalism have corroded the NPP’s internal cohesion to a dangerous degree, and only a decisive, unifying move can prevent further decline.

This renewed call, coming from the very center of the party’s organizational machinery, reinforces what I argued months ago: the NPP cannot afford another divisive contest at a time when it desperately needs moral authority and unity of purpose.

Hon. Boakye Agyarko stands as a natural choice for this healing role. His lifelong loyalty to the UP tradition, his sacrifices during the dark years of Ghana’s political struggle, and his reputation for intellectual honesty and principled politics make him uniquely suited to rebuild the party’s moral foundations.

When two independent voices — one from the academic-political community and another from the party’s highest operational structure — converge on the same remedy, it ceases to be a mere proposal. It becomes a consensus rooted in reason.

The NPP must seize this moment of clarity. The time for hesitant debates is over. The call for unity through the acclamation of Boakye Agyarko is not about personalities — it is about preserving the very soul of our tradition.

Let us, therefore, act with courage and conviction.

Let us reaffirm our faith in principle over procedure.

And let us, finally, acclaim Boakye Agyarko as National Chairman — not merely as a man, but as a mandate for renewal.