Afenyo-Markin: NPP’s 2024 loss was a perfect storm, not a governance failure

Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has described the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) defeat in the 2024 general elections as the result of a “perfect storm” of crises, not a failure in governance.

Addressing party delegates at the NPP’s National Delegates Conference on Saturday, 19th July 2025, at the University of Ghana Sports Stadium, the Effutu MP urged members to remain hopeful and place the party’s loss in context.

“Yes, we lost the 2024 elections, and in a big way,” Afenyo-Markin admitted. “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 pointed to a series of national and global crises that, in his view, undermined the government’s performance and shaped public perception 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 explained.

“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 praised the resilience of the Akufo-Addo-led administration, saying no government in Ghana’s democratic history had faced such compounded challenges.

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

He concluded by urging party members to draw lessons from the past, rally together, and prepare to return stronger in future elections.