Gyampo told NPP officials, "You cannot criticize Mahama when you yourself lack the ability to govern."

Leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has no locus to criticise the administration of John Dramani Mahama, when members in their erstwhile administration have clearly shown they have no clue in governance.

According to Ransford Van Gyampo, a professor of political science at the University of Ghana, this claim stems from how poorly Akufo-Addo's immediate predecessor's administration performed in carrying out its purpose.

He claims that the NPP will not become a significant political party as a result of the party leadership's desire to harshly criticize an administration that is only a week old.

“In my view, the relevance of the NPP now won’t lie in its failed officials forcing themselves to quickly criticise the administration of John Mahama when they themselves they don’t know how to govern,” he said Saturday, January 11, 2025, on the KeyPoints on TV3.

He claims to have rejected a paper that was sent to him for evaluation as a governance expert, revealing that it focused on opposition criticism of the current administration, which was less than a week old.

He argued that the NPP has no right to criticize Mahama until they show any mastery of government via actions.

"So, when you yourself lack the ability to rule, would you be able to criticize John Mahama's administration and manner of governance? However, you have made it abundantly evident that you lack any knowledge of governance. Then, with all due respect, you have to remain silent," he said.

The governance expert suggested that the NPP should instead concentrate on reviving its party, which could lead to its dissolution, and let the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and other specialists like himself handle the criticism.

He advised, "...and especially, when your own party is in tatters, risking disintegration, focus on how you're going to be rescuing the soul of your party and leave that job of offering criticisms to CSOs and some of us." He added that some of them have permanent interests and not permanent friends, so whatever the party in power, they would criticize constructively.