Former Managing Director of the State Transport Corporation (STC), Nana Akomea, has questioned why some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) are blaming the likes of Prof Mike Oquaye Snr for the party’s defeat in the 2024 general elections.

His comments follow criticisms by the former Member of Parliament for Subin, Eugene Boakye Antwi, along with other party members, on the composition of the committee established to investigate the NPP’s historic electoral loss to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in December 2024.

The critics claim that Prof Oquaye’s leadership as chairman of the election committee, which supervised both the presidential and parliamentary primaries, contributed to the party’s poor performance — a performance they describe as the worst in the NPP’s electoral history, marked by the loss of significant parliamentary seats.

But speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen show, Nana Akomea wondered why the former Speaker of Parliament was being singled out.

“Have they explained how Oquaye contributed to the party’s defeat? What exactly did he do that makes them say he caused the NPP’s loss in the 2024 election?” he asked.

He added that most of the people criticising the committee were part of the campaign themselves, so he finds it strange that they are now shifting the blame.

“Let’s not make this personal. Apart from Oquaye and one other person, all the people on that committee are names I don’t even know — they are not household party names,” Akomea noted.

He stressed that the committee was constituted by the party’s National Council, not by one individual.

“It’s not one person who formed the committee. Over 110 National Council members approved it. Now the committee has finished its work and presented the report, which reflects the views and concerns of the party. So why are they now complaining?”

According to him, anyone who had concerns about the committee or its members, including Prof. Oquaye, should have raised those issues during the process — not after the report’s release.

“If anyone had issues with Prof Oquaye, they should have presented them to the committee while the process was ongoing, not now. To go out publicly and single out Prof Mike Oquaye is simply unfair,” he said.

Nana Akomea, who also served as Vice Chairman of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s 2024 campaign, urged party members to focus on the committee’s recommendations rather than personal grievances.

“They should stop personalising the matter. The report is ready, and the recommendations are the way forward for the party,” he stressed.

The 12-member committee, chaired by Prof Aaron Mike Oquaye, officially presented its findings to the party’s national leadership on Wednesday, April 16, during a brief ceremony at the Alisa Hotel in Accra.