The National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Salam Mustapha, has announced that the committee investigating the party’s loss in the 2024 general elections is expected to finalize its report by the end of March 2025.

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In the 2024 elections, the NPP’s candidate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, was defeated by former President John Dramani Mahama, leading to Mahama’s return to office. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) also secured a parliamentary majority, resulting in the removal of several NPP MPs.

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During an interview on Eyewitness News, Mustapha emphasized that the committee’s work will be instrumental in shaping the NPP’s strategy for the 2028 elections.

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“The Aaron Mike Oquaye Committee was established to assess our performance in the 2024 elections. Even after winning in 2020, we formed the Yaw Osafo-Marfo Committee to evaluate our performance, and their work proved valuable. We now await the conclusions of the Oquaye Committee,” he stated.

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He further mentioned that he and other national executives have provided input to the committee, which has conducted extensive reviews across all 16 regions and 276 constituencies. According to him, this evaluation is an essential step in the party’s restructuring and preparation for 2028, with the final report expected by March 31.

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The committee’s findings are anticipated to shed light on the reasons behind the NPP’s electoral loss and provide recommendations for a stronger comeback in the next election.

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“The party commissioned the Aaron Mike Oquaye Committee to review the [2024] elections. In fact, in 2020, even though we won, we still commissioned the Yaw Osafo-Marfo Committee to look into the performance of the party in the 2020 elections and they did quite a very good job and so we are waiting for the Aaron Mike Oquaye Committee to wrap up their work.”

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He further explained, “I have appeared before the committee together with my other colleagues, national executives, and they have gone across the 16 regions, and the 276 constituencies. So it is a process still ongoing and it is part of the reawakening process as we gear towards rebuilding the party and reorganising the party for the 2028 elections, and they should finish their work by March 31.”

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