A former New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for the Bantama Constituency and legal representative of Kennedy Agyapong, Ralph Agyapong, has urged for the resignation of all national executives of the NPP in light of the party’s disappointing performance in the 2024 general elections.

Speaking on Okay FM’s Ade Akye Abia morning show, Ralph criticized the NPP for securing a mere 38% of the vote, calling it an unprecedented failure that underscores the leadership’s inability to maintain the party’s hold on power.

“Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was President of Ghana and he led us into opposition. The NPP must ask ourselves, when has it ever happened before that we received only 38%? It has never happened. If the NPP is interested in power, every executive must resign,” he stated during an interview on Okay FM’s Ade Akye Abia morning show.

He added “If you are in power and you want to break the 8, your minimum should be 45%. But to send us to 38%, no, please. It is imperative for all of them to resign."

He went on to argue that, in order to break the 8-year cycle, the party should have aimed for a minimum of 45%, and suggested that a significant overhaul of the party’s internal structure is necessary, beginning with the resignation of its leaders.

“We need to undertake reforms. The reforms are already underway and everyone is bringing their suggestions, but as for the executives, all of them must resign,” he stated.

In the 2024 presidential election, John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) claimed a decisive victory, receiving 56.55% of the total valid votes, which amounted to 6,328,397 votes.

Mahamudu Bawumia of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) followed with 41.61% of the vote, or 4,657,304 votes.

Other candidates collectively garnered 1.84% of the votes, totaling 205,721.

On the parliamentary front, the NDC secured a commanding majority, winning 183 seats, while the NPP captured 88 seats.

Independent candidates claimed 4 seats, and the Ablekuma North seat remains unresolved.