The Deputy General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Haruna Mohammed, has criticized former Dome-Kwabenya MP, Sarah Adwoa Safo, for describing the committee investigating the party’s 2024 election loss as “bogus.”
According to him, the committee was established by the National Council, the second-highest decision-making body of the party, to examine the reasons behind the NPP’s defeat in the general elections.
Speaking on JoyFM’s Top Story on Thursday, March 20, he stated that Prof. Mike Oquaye is not the committee itself but rather its chairman, leading a group of prominent individuals.
He argued that it was inappropriate for Adwoa Safo to label the committee as “bogus.”
“Professor Mike Oquaye is not the committee; he is the chair of the committee. We have other respectable members of the committee, and then a National Council committee is described on a public platform as bogus. That is a party decision, and Article 3(5) states that we should abide by and publicly uphold the decisions of the party,” he explained.
“Then you [Sarah Adwoa Safo] publicly say that the decision of the party is bogus? It is not right. …You don’t call the committee bogus because Mike Oquaye is not the committee; Mike Oquaye is only the chairman of the committee,” he stressed.
His remarks come in response to Adwoa Safo’s recent criticism of the NPP’s election review committee, where she claimed that the group lacked credibility and was formed to push a specific agenda rather than conduct an impartial fact-finding mission.
She also questioned Prof. Mike Oquaye’s suitability as chairman, citing a conflict of interest. She challenged him to explain why his son, Mike Oquaye Jr., lost the Dome-Kwabenya parliamentary seat before assessing the party’s overall defeat.
On the back of this, the NPP Deputy General Secretary stated that the committee had not yet released any report on the party’s electoral defeat.
“The committee has not even brought out any report. Today, they have met with the former President John Agyekum Kufuor. They have not even started writing any reports.
“These ought to stop and allow things to work. We are not asking anybody not to speak; we have given everybody the opportunity,” he added.
Meanwhile, Sarah Adwoa Safo has officially been referred to the National Disciplinary Committee of the NPP for further action following her recent media engagements on party matters.
In a statement signed by NPP General Secretary Justin Kodua Frimpong, the party explained that her recent comments, particularly on JoyNews’ The Pulse, violated directives instructing members to refrain from discussing internal matters that could create disaffection and unrest.
The party viewed her remarks as undermining unity and hindering efforts to rebuild after the 2024 election loss.
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