The New Patriotic Party (NPP) would have performed better than they did in the 2024 general elections if they had picked an akan candidate, Mussa Dankwah Executive Director of Global InfoAnalytics Mussa Dankwah.
He explains that the NPP's base is predominantly Akans, therefore any candidate from another tribe is considered an alien.
Mussa Dankwa indicated that during the polling period, their survey indicated that former Assin Central lawmaker Kennedy Agyapong, an akan, was doing far better against the NDC's John Mahama than what Dr Mahamudu Bawumia was doing. "The dynamics of NPP voters is purely largely Akan, about 65 per cent of the NPP base are Akan.
You have an Akan base but your candidate comes from a different tribe, you will struggle to galvanise the Akan base. "There are people who are NPP because they are Akans, so when you give the Akans what they feel is alien to them they are not pushed by it.
