Acting Director General of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), Abraham Amaliba has criticised the current leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), stating that leaders of the party have lost focus at the moment.
Amaliba, who is also member of the legal team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) says he wished for a strong opposition from the NPP better than what the party is currently doing.
Speaking in an interview on TV3 New Day’s Big Issue, Friday, May 9, 2025, he called on members of the party to change the party’s leadership in the next primaries.
Amaliba expressed doubt about the NPP’s capability to provide a serious competition to the ruling party in the 2028 elections.
“It is clear that the current NPP leaders has lost focus but I will be surprised if the NPP goes for election and does not wipe off the current leaders.
“I will be shocked if they don’t wipe all of them clean sweep because you had 135 MPs and you are now at 88 at the time you were government in power and you still have the Executives going about speaking as if they’ve performed to the satisfaction of the people of this country.
“With the kind of opposition we have led by Afenyo-Markin, I am not sure the NPP would be able to contest in the next elections very strong,” he stated.
He added that the party must elect people who are focus-minded and carry the public along and not leaders who engage in “shenanigans”.
The NPP in the recent days has protested the suspension of the Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, leading other political parties in a demonstration on May 5, 2025.
The party petitioned the President, the leadership of the Judiciary and the Speaker of Parliament on the suspension of Torkornoo.
The party has also delivered a scathing assessment of President John Dramani Mahama’s first 120 days in office.
According to the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the “120 Bitter Days” have been characterized by broken promises, political persecution, and a resurgence of the country’s energy crisis, popularly called ‘dumsor’.
Speaking at a press briefing at the NPP headquarters on Thursday, May 8, Afenyo-Markin presented four key areas of concern that he says define the Mahama administration’s first 120 days in office.
Afenyo-Markin criticized the government’s approach to job creation and youth employment, alleging that thousands of public servants and professionals were dismissed across key sectors immediately upon the NDC’s assumption of office. He argued that these politically motivated dismissals have disrupted public service delivery and institutional continuity, warning of severe economic hardship and demoralization within the public sector.
