NPP rejects Emelia Agbenyo’s appointment as EC Deputy Chairperson, cites partisanship and hypocrisy

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has firmly rejected the appointment of Madam Emelia Agbenyo as a Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), describing the decision by President John Dramani Mahama as unacceptable and a threat to public confidence in Ghana’s electoral system.

The party also accused President Mahama of hypocrisy, recalling that in March 2023 he criticised the appointment of persons he described as party activists to the Commission—allegations the NPP said he could not substantiate—and called for an amendment to Article 43(2) of the Constitution so that Parliament would approve such appointments.

In a statement dated October 13, 2026, and signed by National Communications Director Dennis Miracles Aboagye, the party said its attention had been drawn to the appointment and that it “rejects this appointment.