A LESSON FOR THE NPP, LEADERSHIP MATURITY, AND CONSTITUENCY RESPONSIBILITY.
The NPP must undertake a serious internal reflection on the relationship between political opportunity, loyalty, accountability, and institutional responsibility.
The party should not measure commitment solely by financial contributions, public endorsements, or the number of times individuals appear on political platforms.
It must examine conduct, consistency, integrity, and the willingness to contribute constructively during difficult periods.
Equally, party leadership must establish a culture in which opportunities are distributed transparently and competence is rewarded rather than political proximity alone.
A political party that forgets its grassroots eventually weakens its own foundation. Equally, beneficiaries who forget the sacrifices that helped create their opportunities risk exposing the shallowness of their political friendships.
If privileged NPP members of our party are benefiting more, they must treat all party members with respect, love, dignity, and equality. Then thoughts and actions can be brought into subjection for the love of the party, and feelings placed under the control of reason and leadership. There will be no human disturbance in our constituencies. Party members will regulate their uncontrolled emotions that produce unhealthy feelings which eventually cause disturbance in the constituencies. Most of our loyalists can be physically active and productive with their support but mentally exhausted because of continuous negligence of leaders, whose reactions to circumstances sometimes create additional anger for members beyond the original problem. Party leaders must know that the greatest human victory is not controlling other people but mastering one’s own temper, emotions, reactions, and impulses. Leaders in our various constituencies must be warned against nursing anger, magnifying personal grievances, and developing revengeful feelings. Most members in our constituencies are imprisoned by personal grievances, even when reconciliation and understanding are possible, especially in the Odododiodio constituency, where division has weakened physical strength for active participation in voting for a remarkable victory. Unnecessary suspicion of leadership and negative imagination by members from jealousy, resentment, impatience, and frustration due to bold and prolonged consequence for conflict, misunderstanding, hostility, and difficulty maintaining relationships as party members.
What we need for all our constituencies is human maturity and the ability to control circumstances, command or persuade people to win elections. Party leadership must show the ability to maintain balanced care when circumstances become unfavourable, when members are disappointed, and when expectations like one constituency one bus from NPP Chairman Freddie Blay are not fulfilled.
Venerable Dr Nathaniel Nii Naate Atswele Agbo Nartey
