The story of Joseph in Sacred Scriptures seems to be re-incarnating in this day and age in the New Patriotic Party, as it seems to be reflecting in Alan-NPP relationship..
Joseph was the favourite of his father and Alan was also the favourite of majority of NPP members. Joseph was hated by his brothers, just as Alan was hated by the Establishment and the failed administrations in the NPP.
Drought hit the land of Judah and Joseph’s family was affected. The solution was to go to Egypt for food. Joseph was then the prime minister of Egypt who was directly in-charge of the food stores. In the end, the survival of Jacob and his family depended on Joseph, and those who disliked him had to go to him so that they can survive.
Today, a severe drought has hit the NPP. When it mattered most, 2.1 million party members turned their backs on the party at the ballot box as prophesied by Hon. Boakye Agyarko in September 2023.
What resulted in this prophecy? Alan Kyerematen who was one of the founding members of the NPP and had worked hard from the moment the party was founded to make it grow into a powerful party with roots from the United Party and stood out as one of the greatest liberal democratic parties in the world.
In 1996, Alan had wanted to hold the NPP’s flag in the presidential race. However, the elders of the party pleaded with him to hold on to that ambition and allow the elders to run that race. Alan agreed. He was about 41 years old.
Alan in obedience and respect to the elders and the party, did not contest the 1998 primaries. It was in 2007, when H.E. J.A. Kufuor was in his second and final term as president of the republic, that Alan showed up again, when he was 52 years old.
By that time, the Establishment became very jealous of Alan and hated him with the same venom Joseph’s brothers hated him. They spread this feeling among party members.
During the 2007 NPP Presidential Primary, the Establishment craftily organised a scene which made it look like Alan was rigging the elections.
But in the end, to get a winner, Alan decided not to go for a re-run and ceded to Nana Addo, all for the peace and unity of the party.
Very determined to push Alan under a moving bus, the Establishment organised attacks on all his supporters. Try as he could to make the party national chairman to put a halt to this, it yielded nothing. For the sake of restoration of togetherness in the party, Alan finally wrote to the national chairman and made it clear that if the harassment of his supporters were not stopped, he would have to resign. It was a conditional statement. The rest is history.
Fast forward 2023 and the hatred of Alan blew out to greater heights. With the Establishment now fully in-charge of the party, Alan was publicly abused and treated like he was an enemy of the NPP. The failed administration bowed low to the demands of the Establishment and in the end, Alan had to pull out of the race and finally from the party. It all happened just as Joseph’s brothers did. With Alan no longer around, the crown prince of the Establishment was given all the support of the party to become the flagbearer.
One party guru who foresaw events coming up, was Hon Boakye Agyarko. Reacting to this sad development, he said just like Alan, there were many people in the NPP who harbour similar and maybe more petulant sentiments in their hearts but are not openly expressing the same. Alan has put his thoughts and feelings on paper for all to appreciate.
Hon Boakye Agyarko said, “The unfortunate departure of Alan Kyerematen from our ranks must serve as a necessary and sufficient notice to us all and lead us to a time of deep introspection rather than a time for gloating or the display of triumphalist arrogance…. There are many in our party today who have, out of dismay, resigned in their hearts and are only waiting to walk away from us at the ballot box.” That was in September 2023.
Meanwhile the NPP stood adamant and swore it was going to win Elections 2024 and retire the NDC from politics forever, even though the war song, “Breaking the Eight,” was no longer breaking the eardrums of Ghanaians.
What the Establishment put into the minds of party members was that Alan was going to be retired from politics. He should have been patient and bid his time, so that either he was made the running-mate or become flagbearer in 2028 if Dr. Bawumia failed to win the elections. Was what was said.
But in all this when the dust finally settled on December 7, 2024, just as Boakye Agyarko prophesied, out of dismay, 2.1 million party supporters, deserted the party in their hearts and walked away from the ballot box.
Could this have been highlighted in the Prof. Mike Ocquaye’s report, as the major reason party faithful offered as why NPP lost the elections, so miserably? So, this could be why, the report was not made opened to party members and Ghanaians. The Establishment and the failed administration would have been grilled on bush fires and they would lose respect forever.
The Establishment and the party had to find a way to lure Alan back. Just as Joseph’s brothers went to acknowledge their sinfulness and had to begged for reunion, the NPP is on that same tangent but walking sideways so as not to be found out that they want to beg Alan to come back. That will be too much.
So, what are they doing? After knowing that should the 2.1 million party members return with their hearts and vote for the party, it will be possible that the NPP could win the 2028 General Elections. Alan must come back! But how?
The man looks very determined not to walk the path of an elephant again and would rather stay away from his family house where the elders have destroyed him.
Something must be done. So, the party came out as if in a Jubilee Year, in which the debts of people are pardoned, the party came out with a statement that it is granting amnesty to all who had been expelled or suspended from the party. But still, with the odour of pride and arrogance all over them, the beggars demanded to be allowed to make choices. All those to be granted amnesty had some conditions to meet. They must re-apply and stay away from any internal party election that could make them officers, parliamentary and presidential candidates of the party until after two years.
Hello! You need the numbers and yet you are stating conditions! How?
It was very clear that the NPP, under this administration knows that 2028 could also desert it, so it should quickly right the wrongs and hopefully, the 2.1 million will come back home.
What should have been the right thing to do, is for the Establishment and the NPP to sincerely apologise to those they wronged, begged for forgiveness and plead for reconciliation and pure reunion for the party to become one again.
So, assuming that Alan goes back, and I say assuming, what position will he hold? The man is a full presidential material and internationally acclaimed for that. Would he be acclaimed flagbearer or made running-mate? And what about this two-year probation thing?
Another way, germinating within the farm of the NPP which suggest that the party knows that without Alan it has no chance, are statements made by Ernest Owusu Bempah and Hon. Titus Glover.
Firebrand Owusu Bempah on his Facebook page, posted August 12, 2025, humbly stated that, “on behalf of the NPP, we extend our heartfelt apologies to Alan John Kyerematen.” It clearly indicates here that the Party wanted to officially apologise to Alan, but must make someone first make such a statement just to test the waters.
Then as a campaign promise to delegates during the next national executives’ elections, Hon Titus Glover stated clearly on his Facebook post on August 19, 2025 that, “I will bring back Alan Kyerematen and others under my leadership as NPP National Organiser.” He made this statement because he knows unity is the key to victory in 2028. And this he stated on his Facebook page, posted on August 20, 2025, “My comment about Alan Kyerematen’s return was made with good intentions to highlight the need for unity in rebuilding the party.”
The road to victory in 2028, for the NPP clearly lies on how it can convince Ghanaians that the original principles and directives of the party, that made people proud to join and belong to, have returned. And that would require a good relationship with Alan Kyerematen. The party’s rebirth would mean the exit of the Establishment and the return of true democracy with people awarded based on merit and not on loyalty.
A way must be found with Alan, for it clearly seems without him, in the within or in the without of the party, NPP would find it tough in 2028. Joseph’s brothers submitted to him and apologised; in the case of Alan can the NPP do same?
By Hon. Daniel Dugan
The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect The Chronicle’s stance.
