(L-R) Kakra Essamuah, Rosemond Obeng and Dr Edward Omane Boamah were all members of the NPP
Ghana’s political landscape is mostly divided along the lines of the major leading political parties in the country – the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Mostly, politicians follow the ideologies and principles of their political parties to their graves.
Hardly would a politician switch camp from the NDC to NPP and vice versa.
Even if that happens, his or her new party is not likely to give him or her an important position.
However, this trend seems to be changing with a number of politicians, from both the NDC and NPP, seamlessly switching sides.
The ruling NDC, for instance, has a number of known figures from the NPP now occupying key roles in the party and the John Dramani Mahama government.
Below are some NPP members who are now serving in various capacities in the NDC party and the government:
Dr Edward Omane Boamah
The current Minister of Defence, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, even though he has held no official position in the NPP, was reportedly a member of the party.
According to veteran journalist Kwesi Pratt Jnr, Dr Omane Boamah left the NPP to join the NDC when he was the President of the National Union of Ghana Students.
He asserted that the now defence minister left the NPP to join the NDC after he was castigated by his party members when he decided to criticise happenings in the John Agyekum Kufuor government.
Dr Omane Boamah previously served as the Minister of Communications under the first Mahama government.
He is currently the Director of Elections and IT of the ruling party.
Kakra Essamuah
Kakra Essamuah, a leading member of the NPP during the John Agyekum Kufuor era, is now a prominent member of the ruling NDC.
Kakra Essamuah, who was a youth activist of the NPP in the 1990s, ran for the party’s General Secretary position in 1998 but lost to Dan Botwe.
In a recent interview with Adom TV, Essamuah indicated that he was sacked from the NPP because he praised the late former President Prof John Evans Atta Mills in 2001.
“I did not leave the NPP, they are the ones who sacked me… Prof Mills held a press conference, and he was very impressive. I wrote a letter congratulating him and I was sacked because of that,” he said.
Kakra Essamuah is now the Communications Director of the ruling NDC.
Rosemond Obeng
Rosemond Obeng is another NPP member who has switched camps from the NPP to the NDC.
Rosemond Obeng was a former aide to former Vice President Dr Bawumia, the presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the 2024 election.
Rosemond Obeng, popularly known as “People’s Mother,” was a former national NPP TESCON coordinator.
She jumped ship to join the NDC in the run-up to the election and now plays an important role in the John Dramani Mahama government.
The former aide to Dr Bawumia is now a presidential aide at the Office of the President.
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