NPP’s 2024 loss not a governance failure – Afenyo-Markin

Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has attributed the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) loss in the 2024 general elections to a “perfect storm” of challenges rather than a failure in governance.

Speaking to party delegates at the NPP’s National Delegates Conference on Saturday, July 19, 2025, at the University of Ghana Sports Stadium, the Effutu MP encouraged members to stay hopeful and view the defeat in proper context.

“Yes, we lost the 2024 elections, and in a big way,” Afenyo-Markin acknowledged. “But let us be clear: this was not a defeat born out of failure. It was a perfect storm of adversity that no government in the Fourth Republic has ever had.”

He cited a series of national and international crises that he believes affected the government’s performance and shaped public opinion during the NPP’s second term.

“From the banking crisis that threatened to collapse our financial system, which we spent billions fixing to restore confidence and stability, to the global COVID-19 pandemic that brought the world to its knees,” he said.

“Then came the Russia-Ukraine war, unleashing the harshest cost-of-living crisis in a generation. And through it all, we governed with a hung parliament and an opposition Speaker.”

Afenyo-Markin commended the resilience of the Akufo-Addo administration, noting that no other government in Ghana’s democratic era had encountered such compounded obstacles.

“With Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the driving seat, we held the line,” he stated.

He wrapped up by encouraging party members to learn from the past, unite, and prepare for a stronger comeback in future elections.