A Communication Team Member of the Movement for Change, Ebo Buckman, has condemned the New Patriotic Party (NPP's) leadership, stating that if today’s NPP was the same as in 1992, he would never join it.
He accused President Akufo-Addo of promoting a culture of lawlessness when he assumed office in 2007.
Speaking on TV3 on March 21, 2025, Buckman said, “I joined NPP 1992. I've always said that if this NPP was the NPP of 1992, there was no way I would have joined. You see, this NPP has operated with a culture of lawlessness since Nana Addo took over in 2007. That's the NPP we have now.”
He further lamented how internal party rules were disregarded, dissent was suppressed, and how impunity became the norm.
“His leadership ushered in an era where internal party rules were disregarded, people with dissenting views were suppressed, and arrogance and impunity became the norm in the party. Look at the way Afoko was forced out of the party, Kwabena Agyapong and all that. At that point in time, the party was practicing rule of man instead of rule of law.
"That is the fruit of the of the seed they themselves sowed in the past that they handed the party to an individual. That is why the party is suffering as we speak today. What is happening in the party is just the beginning," he added.
Reacting to recent issues concerning the NPP, Buckman acknowledged the bold stance of former MP for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, particularly on corruption and alleged mismanagement of the School Feeding Program.
“As we move on, you see a lot of things... Adwoa Safo, I think she's talking too much. People have spoken the same way, along the same line, except that she's bringing out certain issues like the corruption issues like school feeding. And it's making the party people uncomfortable because the general secretary has also said a lot of things. My own good friend, Ayew Afriye has said a lot of things - even former Majority Leader. They are all speaking but it is because she is bringing issues that is making them uncomfortable - the issue of corruption. That is why I'm saying that I like this, that bit of what she's saying. She's saying that she's being honest that this government should investigate the issue of school feeding because there is a lot of rot in there,” he added.
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Ebo Buckman claims that the NPP became a lawless party after President Nana Addo assumed leadership in 2007, marking the beginning of an era where party rules were ignored and people's views were suppressed.
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