The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been urged to halt public accusations and focus on unity as it works to recover from its defeat in the December 2024 general elections.
Former Minister for Information, Fatimatu Abubakar, made the call on Asempa FM on Friday, January 24, 2025. She emphasized the need for reflection, teamwork, and strategic planning to ensure the party’s return to power in 2028.
“We must all focus on reflection, regrouping, and recapturing power in the shortest possible time. But how we go about it matters greatly,” she stressed.
Abubakar expressed concern over senior party members publicly pointing fingers, warning that such behavior undermines trust and cohesion. She advised party members to express frustrations through internal mechanisms instead.
“Throwing accusations freely in public can only serve one negative purpose: build mistrust and disunity,” she cautioned.
The NPP’s National Council has constituted a fact-finding committee to investigate the party’s electoral defeat. Abubakar expressed confidence in the committee’s ability to provide actionable insights but urged members to support the process through unity.
“If you truly love the NPP, you will cover it when you believe it is naked. You will fix it when you think it is broken, and you will lift it up when you see it down,” she said.
Abubakar concluded by urging members to adopt a collective mindset to rebuild the party.
“Heroes are not made from those who lament to lambast but from those who find the courage to lead in the needed effort to make the Party rise again. We rise together and fall together. But rise is what we must and shall.”