Former Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen

A former Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen, has rejected claims made in the party’s 2024 election defeat report, describing them as "all lies."

Speaking in an interview on Wontumi TV on April 26, 2025, the former Deputy General Secretary dismissed allegations that religious bias contributed to the defeat of the NPP’s 2024 presidential candidate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.

"People are speaking and accusing him that because he is a Muslim, that is why they didn’t vote for him," he said, challenging the narrative that religion played a significant role in the election outcome.

He further cited inaccuracies within the report, specifically mentioning comments allegedly attributed to Obiri Boahen regarding Miracle Aboagye, a former Communications Director for the Bawumia Campaign Team, "Someone brought something, Page 69 of the committee’s report, Obiri Boahen has said something about Miracle Aboagye," he stated.

"The committee never met me or wrote a letter to me before. So those things they have written in the report are all lies."

He argued that the election defeat had nothing to do with Dr Bawumia’s faith. "So, if they say Bawumia lost because of the elections, that is a lie," he stressed.

Obiri Boahen highlighted internal party dynamics and pointed to Reverend Ntim Fodjour, MP for Assin South, to make his case.

"Rev Ntim Fodjour, a big-time NPP member, in his own town, Bawumia had more votes than him as a Muslim, even though Rev. is a pastor, so the ignorance in the system is too much," he added.

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