Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, described the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) defeat in the 2024 general elections as the result of a “perfect storm” of crises rather than a failure of governance. Speaking to party delegates at the NPP’s National Delegates Conference on Saturday, July 19, 2025, at the University of Ghana Sports Stadium, the Effutu MP encouraged members to remain hopeful and view the party’s loss in context.
“Yes, we lost the 2024 elections, and it was a significant loss,” Afenyo-Markin acknowledged. “However, let us be clear: this defeat was not due to a failure in governance. It was a perfect storm of adversity that no government in the Fourth Republic has ever faced.” He highlighted several national and global crises that, in his opinion, undermined the government’s performance and affected public perception during the NPP’s second term.
“From the banking crisis that threatened to collapse our financial system, which we spent billions to fix in order to restore confidence and stability, to the global COVID-19 pandemic that brought the world to its knees,” he explained. “Additionally, the Russia-Ukraine war sparked the harshest cost-of-living crisis we’ve seen in a generation. Throughout all of this, we governed with a hung parliament and an opposition Speaker.”
Afenyo-Markin praised the resilience of the Akufo-Addo-led administration, saying no government in Ghana’s democratic history had faced such compounded challenges. “With Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the driving seat, we held the line,” he declared. He concluded by urging party members to draw lessons from the past, rally together, and prepare to return stronger in future elections.
By: Ernest K. Arhinful
