Make presidential candidate leader of party, not national chairman - NPP members

Speaking to OTEC News on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, ahead of the conference scheduled for Saturday, the members argued that having the National Chairman serve as the party’s leader creates two centres of power, which they said could lead to friction, mixed messaging, and power struggles between the party’s national headquarters and the camp of the Presidential Candidate.

Some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region are calling on delegates to the party’s upcoming National Delegates Conference to amend the party’s constitution to make the Presidential Candidate the leader of the party instead of the National Chairman.

One of the members explained that making the Presidential Candidate the leader would give the candidate greater authority to shape the party’s campaign message, strategy, and team, while ensuring that responsibility is matched with accountability.