The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has disclosed that some members of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) are privately hoping for the party's defeat in the 2024 elections.

Mahama claims that these NPP supporters feel the country is being dominated by a small, exclusive group at the expense of the general populace. He indicated that these disillusioned NPP members are advocating for his return to the presidency as a means to allow the NPP to restructure and regroup.

Speaking to party supporters during his tour of the Upper East region, Mahama stated, “These are NPP people because the NPP has been captured by a small group of people. This is not Kufuor’s NPP. This is a different NPP. It has been hijacked by some people and so the democrats and others in NPP want the party to lose. So that they can go back into opposition and reorganise.”

Mahama also compared Ghana’s economic difficulties to those in other African countries, describing the situation in Ghana as more severe.

He pointed out that while there are protests in Nigeria and Kenya due to limited opportunities.

“Many people in Nigeria are on the streets demonstrating. You heard about Kenya, Kenyan youth are demonstrating because opportunities are not opening up for them. The situation in Ghana is worse,” he said.