The National Council of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the party’s second-highest decision-making body, unanimously rejected a petition on Thursday, June 25, 2026, trying to prevent Mr. Paul Awentami Afoko from running for National Chairman.
The Council received a letter from an unidentified petitioner or petitioners requesting that Mr. Afoko be excluded from the contest, but the reasons were not made public.
The Chairman of the Party’s Council of Elders proposed it, but it was rejected by speaker after speaker, including some national and regional party proposals.
The National Council categorically rejected the petition and confirmed that the former National Chairman is eligible to run for office, even though the petition’s contents have not been disclosed.
The announcement coincides with the start of the NPP’s national officer nomination, filing, and screening process.
The petition, according to many party members, was a last-minute response to the announcement of Mr. Afoko’s ambition prior to the September 2026 National Delegates’ Conference.
The petition was apparently contested by the party’s legal team and some of the meeting’s top officials, who argued against the action taken by the anonymous petitioner or petitioners.
Party unity and reconciliation have been the three key themes of Afoko’s message since he announced his intention to retake the position of National Chairman. Healing the NPP is his main argument.
Under what he refers to as the “3Rs Agenda,” Mr. Afoko has been touring constituencies with a message of rebuilding, reconnecting, and returning to the NPP to power.
He has been advocating for the reunion of groups that broke off during the leadership issue in the 2024 elections as well as the return of members who were excluded or departed.
Additionally, the former national chairman has been advocating for providing rank-and-file employees, constituency executives, and polling station executives more authority and respect.
Afoko presents himself as the leader who can reorganise the NPP’s base following the 2024 defeat, highlighting important pledges of improved welfare, logistics, and participation in party decision-making.
Source: newsthemegh.com