Leading member of the National Democratic Congress, Alexander Kofi-Mensah Mould, has opined that the appalling performance of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2024 elections is evocative of the overwhelming anger and disapproval of Ghanaians towards the performance of the Akufo-Addo government.

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According to him, the 2024 elections should serve as a permanent reminder to Ghanaian politicians of the unforgiving nature of Ghanaians, who would not hesitate to kick out any government that underperforms.Alex Mould, in a social media post on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, warned the NPP of the difficult task ahead in regrouping and bridging the over 1.5 million margin they lost in the recently-held elections.

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"The NPP is about to experience what the NDC went through post-2016. We won this election by a landslide because the NDC had put institutional changes in place to be fit-for-purpose; contrarily, the NPP was in denial of the rot and pain the NADAA/Bawumia government caused Ghanaians," he stated.

being a leading member of the NDC, Alex Mould is wishing the NPP all the best as he believes that a

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formidable NPP is integral to keeping the NDC government on its toes to deliver on its promise to Ghanaians.“We want them back stronger in 2028; we want a fair challenge. Ghana must build strong institutions, and that starts from having world-class, well-managed political parties,” he emphasized.Acknowledging the uphill task for the NPP in rebuilding its base, he pointed to his party’s experience in regaining lost ground.

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“From personal experience, crawling back 500k in 2020 of the 1M votes lost in 2016 was no joke,” he noted.In the 2024 presidential race, former President Mahama, who was the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, won the race according to the results declared by the Electoral Commission. He beat 12 other candidates with 56.55% of the total valid votes.His closest contender, Vice President Dr.

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Mahamudu Bawumia of the ruling New Patriotic Party, obtained 41.61% of the total valid votes cast.

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