Fosu Frimpong urges NPP to strengthen internal management ahead of 2028

Former Ahafo Ano North NPP parliamentary aspirant Kwaku Fosu Frimpong has urged the party’s newly elected national executives to strengthen internal management, improve transparency and reconnect with members ahead of the 2028 general elections.

In an article titled Run the NPP Like a Business: What Our New National Executives Must Do Before 2028, he congratulated the successful candidates at the party’s national delegates conference and encouraged unsuccessful aspirants to continue supporting the NPP.

He said the party must examine the causes of its 2024 electoral defeat and address weaknesses in its governance, organisation and engagement with members.

According to Fosu Frimpong, the NPP’s presidential votes declined from 6.7 million in 2020 to 4.88 million in 2024, while the party also lost about 50 parliamentary seats.

He cited findings from the committee chaired by Prof. Mike Oquaye, which identified economic conditions, corporate governance lapses, internal conflicts and members’ feelings of exclusion from decision-making as factors behind the defeat.

Fosu Frimpong proposed quarterly performance scorecards for all 276 constituencies to track membership recruitment, polling station activities, dues collection and community engagement.

He also called for a verified digital membership register linked to the Ghana Card, mobile money payments for dues and a digital dashboard to monitor party activities nationwide.

“The NPP needs a single, verified membership register linked to the Ghana Card, mobile money payments for dues and a dashboard showing the national headquarters what is happening at every polling station each week,” he wrote.

On party financing, he urged the executives to publish audited accounts annually to build members’ trust and reduce dependence on major donors.

He estimated that if 500,000 members paid GH¢10 monthly, the party could raise GH¢60 million annually to support constituency offices, research and training.

Fosu Frimpong further called for greater inclusion of professionals, young people and women in decision-making, warning that members who felt excluded could become less willing to campaign.

He urged the party to establish policy and technical committees that give qualified members meaningful responsibilities beyond election campaigns.

With about 26 months until the December 2028 elections, he said the NPP had sufficient time to rebuild if its new leadership prioritised reforms over internal disputes.

“Unity, however, is not a slogan. It comes from systems that make people feel counted, heard and accountable,” he wrote.

He added that the party’s ability to manage its internal affairs effectively would influence its credibility with voters.

“Ghanaians will judge us less by our songs than by how well we run our own house. A party that manages itself well earns the right to manage the nation,” he said.

Fosu Frimpong is a business consultant and strategic adviser and the Chief Executive Officer of KFF Consult & Investment Limited. He contested the NPP parliamentary primary in Ahafo Ano North in 2023 and has worked in public sector reform, banking and IT in Ghana and the United Kingdom.