Deputy Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Ernest Owusu-Bempah, has criticized the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for lacking a compelling campaign message as the 2024 general elections approach.

He accuses the NDC of resorting to spreading falsehoods about the NPP government instead.

Owusu-Bempah claims the NDC is using the controversial Agyapadie document as a means to disseminate misinformation against President Akufo-Addo's administration.

He argues that the NDC's strategy aims to deceive Ghanaians with lies in order to gain political power.

In a statement titled "The Agyapadie Nonsense and NDC’s Big Political Lie," Owusu-Bempah urged Ghanaians to see through the NDC's tactics and recognize their true nature. He emphasized the importance of not placing any value on the NDC's claims, expressing concern that their approach is designed to manipulate public perception and undermine the achievements of the NPP government. He called for a more honest and issue-based political discourse.

"As Ghana prepares for the 2024 elections, a chorus of leading politicians of the NDC have devised a new strategy to repeatedly shove their big lie down the throat of the average Ghanaian, in the hope that it could reverse their political fortunes which is irredeemably in comatose," Owusu-Bempah stated.

"That pushback sits at the heart of the fictional publication codenamed ‘Agyapadie’ making the rounds."

He further highlighted that the 38-page document, lacking an identified author, prominently features the Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, on the cover, with President Nana Akufo-Addo and his late father on the subsequent page.

"The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has dismissed the document as pure fiction fabricated by those who have long sought to incite hatred against the Ofori Panin household and Okyeman," he added.

"But the NDC won’t stop. Even more insidious is how the NDC flagbearer, John Mahama, has waded into the matter, making categorical statements regarding the Agyapadie document. Mahama’s words and actions indicate that he has no regard for our democratic norms," Owusu-Bempah concluded.