First it was a whisper.
Then a shadow.
Now, a full-blown silence that threatens to consume the very heart of the Party.
When trusted hands vanish without warning, when tradition is shattered before the people’s eyes, the question is no longer if there is a problem — but how deep the betrayal runs.

The “Thank You” Tour has, from time immemorial, been a sacred custom within the New Patriotic Party — a ritual of gratitude, humility, and renewed unity, whether in victory or in defeat.
Prof. Adu Boahen, President John Agyekum Kufuor, and President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, each in their time, embarked on these tours — always with their running mates at their side, presenting a united front to the faithful across the length and breadth of the Republic.

But today, a shadow looms.
As Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia undertakes his Thank You Tour, one glaring anomaly arrests the attention of all discerning minds: his running mate, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh (Napo), is conspicuously absent.

At the last gathering in Sefwi Wiawso in the Western North Region, Dr. Opoku Prempeh made a fleeting appearance — arriving, being introduced, and then vanishing within twenty minutes. Since then, his presence on the Thank You Tour has been nothing more than a ghostly rumor.
Where is the running mate? What is going on behind the curtains?

Even more perplexing, Dr. Opoku Prempeh has been moving independently across regions — Bono, Bono East, Ahafo, and Western North — engaging constituency executives and polling station chairpersons, not to reinforce unity, but rather to push an agenda that raises grave concerns.
According to his own public communications, including posts on Facebook, he appears to be conducting his own Thank You Tour, separate from the official campaign, subtly convincing party leaders to adopt a voting order that would prioritize the presidential election before all others — a calculated move designed to entrench the status quo and impose the old register upon the Party.

He is lobbying fiercely to maintain the old register — not in service of fairness, but to anchor a structure that benefits a select few.
It is an attempt to impose will and power from above, rather than allow the democratic will of the Party’s base to flow from below.

The implications are dire.
No one — absolutely no one — must be allowed to smuggle authoritarianism into a Party that was founded upon the pillars of democracy, transparency, and grassroots empowerment.
Napo must be stopped, for his actions are not merely reckless — they are destructive, threatening to dismantle the very fabric that binds the New Patriotic Party together.

Moreover, it is important to recall that Prof. Mike Oquaye’s Committee Report — the very document commissioned to chart the Party’s future — recommended the expansion of the delegates system, opening up participation to a broader base of the Party’s grassroots.
It is in light of these progressive recommendations that a Constitutional Review was ordered, leading to the need for an early National Congress.
Any action that undermines or seeks to circumvent these sacred recommendations must be vehemently and lawfully opposed.

This is not merely a matter of political strategy — it is a matter of survival for the spirit and soul of the New Patriotic Party.

Conclusion:

In law, silence in the face of duty is often deemed a betrayal of trust.
In politics, it is worse — it is a signal of decay.
The visible rupture between the flagbearer and his running mate, the clandestine maneuvers to entrench old power, and the defiance of the Party’s constitutional reforms — all point to a gathering storm.

If unchecked, these machinations could break the covenant between leadership and the led, and sever the Party from the very people it claims to serve.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.
A Party that suppresses its own grassroots voice has already sounded the first trumpet of its demise.

The New Patriotic Party must choose:
Return to the path of truth, openness, and tradition — or descend into the abyss of authoritarian control.v

The time to act is now.
Before the Party becomes a relic of its own forgotten promise.