THE ULTIMATE QUESTION: WHAT DID YOU GIVE BACK?

The NPP’s political future cannot be secured by individuals who see the party merely as a vehicle for personal advancement.

Political success should produce gratitude, institutional loyalty, and a greater commitment to public service.

When the party is winning, everyone wants to be associated with its success. When appointments and contracts are available, political friendships flourish. But when the party loses power, faces criticism, or enters a period of internal rebuilding, the sincerity of those friendships becomes visible.

That is when loyalty is tested.

The question is not whether individuals benefited from the NPP. The more important question is whether their conduct after benefiting has strengthened or weakened the organisation.

If the party lifted you, must you become a weapon against it?

Political disagreement is legitimate. Accountability is necessary. Independent thinking must be protected. But ingratitude disguised as political independence and calculated hostility disguised as reform should never become the defining culture of a political organisation.

The NPP must reward genuine service, protect its institutional integrity, and ensure that those who benefit from its political opportunities understand that public service is a responsibility, not a personal entitlement.

After all, political power is temporary, contracts expire, appointments change, and influence shifts. But character, integrity, and the record of one’s political conduct remain.

The true test of political friendship is not how close one stands to power when the party is governing, but how faithfully one upholds principle when the party needs rebuilding.Osofo Nii Naate Atswele Agbo Nartey