NPP sets up committees to reposition party

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has constituted its Standing and Sector Committees as part of initiatives to strengthen its internal structures, deepen policy development, enhance stakeholder engagement, and reposition the party for effective political organisation and national governance.

The committees are expected to support the party’s strategic direction by providing expert guidance and leadership across the various sectors and thematic areas.

A statement issued in Accra and signed by the party’s General Secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong, said the decision to constitute the seven standing committees and 23 sector committees was taken at a meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) and National Council held on Thursday, May 7, 2026.

“The party congratulates all appointed Chairpersons, Co-Chairs, Secretaries, Spokespersons and Members, and expresses confidence in their ability to discharge their responsibilities diligently and in the supreme interest of the party and the Republic of Ghana,” it stated.

It explained that the Standing Committees were constituted pursuant to Article of the Party Constitution, while the Sector Committees were constituted in accordance with Articles 10(3)(8) and 14(5) of the Party Constitution.

The party explained that the restructuring was intended to support its organisational activities and ensure effective management of its internal affairs.

Defeated flag bearers

In a move to bring inclusiveness and bridge the differences among the defeated party flagbearer aspirants, all four aspirants have been named as co-chairmen of the newly established NPP Policy Committees.

It had been designed to generate credible, evidence-based alternative policy recommendations across critical sectors of Ghana’s economy and governance, and to position the NPP as not merely an opposition party, but a government-in-waiting with serious, workable solutions for Ghanaians.

At the apex of the new structure sits the NPP Policy Committee, which will be chaired by the legislator and former Minister of Works and Housing and Information, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah.

Serving as the Secretary to the Committee is Dr Kwasi Nyame Baafi, a technocrat whose appointment is expected to lend significant intellectual and administrative rigour to the body’s operations.

The committee will oversee a broad range of sector-specific sub-committees covering employment and jobs, energy, decentralisation and local governance, roads and transport, land and natural resources, education, health, the economy and several other critical policy areas.

Each committee is tasked with conducting independent research, engaging sector experts and stakeholders, and producing policy alternatives backed by verifiable data, all for the review and ultimate approval of the flag bearer.

Employment and Jobs

A former Presidential aspirant, Kennedy Ohene Agypong, is the Co-Chairman of the Employment and Jobs Policy Committee, a portfolio that aligns squarely with his long-standing advocacy for private sector-led job creation and entrepreneurship.

A former General Secretary of the party, Kwabena Agyapong, takes the co-chairmanship of the Housing and Urban Development Policy Committee, a sector with deficits that remain a top concern for Ghanaians in both urban and rural communities.

It said former Minister of State in-Charge of National Security, Bryan Acheampong, co-chairs the Defence and Interior Policy Committee, a natural fit for a man who brings firsthand ministerial experience in security and governance while a former Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, completes the quartet as Co-Chairman of the Education Policy Committee, bringing a track record of policy innovation and a deep passion for transforming Ghana’s educational landscape.