A founding member and elder of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has issued a stark warning that the party’s current leadership is leading it towards destruction by sidelining internal democracy and grassroots involvement.
In an interview on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show on Friday, January 30, 2026,Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe expressed deep concern over the NPP’s post-election trajectory following its defeat, arguing that the party has failed to rebuild from the bottom up—a tradition he says has been central to its identity.
“If we truly want to win back the soul of the party, then we must do things democratically,” he stated. “The proper way is to organise from the grassroots to the top. That has always been the tradition of the party, but unfortunately, it did not happen.”
He emphasised that any major political party recovering from a significant electoral loss must return to its base to diagnose failures, engage supporters, and restructure organically.
“A party that has been badly damaged in a general election cannot proceed the way the NPP is going now. You must go back to the grassroots, listen to them, let them tell you exactly how they feel, and allow even the broader population to understand why you failed,” Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe explained.
The veteran politician highlighted the dangers of bypassing this process, warning that it would exacerbate internal divisions and weaken the party in the long term.
While refraining from declaring the NPP irreparably doomed, he was unequivocal in his assessment of the leadership’s direction.
“I won’t say the party is doomed, but the leadership at the moment is leading the party into destruction,” he asserted.
Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe criticised the emergence of what he termed “monocracy” within the NPP, contrasting it with the values of integrity, fairness, and internal democracy championed by the party’s founding fathers.
“There are no internal democracy and no fair play. This is very dangerous,” he said, urging the party to conduct credible, transparent, and fair primaries.
He also condemned practices such as candidate imposition, manipulation, and the monetisation of delegates, describing them as destructive forces that erode trust and fuel factionalism.
“These are the very things that destroy political parties,” he noted, adding that deep factional divisions in the ongoing presidential contest would make unity difficult for any winner.
“There are clearly factions in the party, and whoever wins will struggle to bring the party together. We have seen this before, and it completely destroyed the party in the past,” Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe cautioned.
As the NPP gears up for its internal elections, he advised delegates and aspirants to study the party’s history and recommit to its foundational principles.
“If they do not know the history of the party, they should study it,” he said. “We have been here before. We must be careful.”