Minority Leader, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, says the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) defeat in the 2024 general elections sparked a wake-up call that has led to the establishment of the Patriotic Institute.

Speaking at the official launch of the Institute at the NPP headquarters in Accra on Wednesday, June 25, the Effutu MP described the new training centre as a bold step toward ideological renewal, policy clarity, and long-term leadership to spur development in the party.

“The outcome of the 2024 elections may not have gone in our favour. But perhaps, it gave us the moment to pause, to reflect, and to birth this vision of the Patriotic Institute,” he stated.

According to him, had the party emerged victorious in 2024, the dream of institutionalising political education and ideological grounding might have remained shelved.

The Patriotic Institute, described as a party-based think tank and training hub, is expected to provide strategic training for elected officials, parliamentary aspirants, party communicators, and members at all levels.

Afenyo-Markin, who is the Member of Parliament for Effutu, noted that the Institute must become the “fulcrum of the body of knowledge and discipline the NPP will tap in to nurture its leaders” and prepare its Members of Parliament to act not as individuals, but as custodians of an intellectual tradition rooted in the Danquah-Busia-Dombo philosophy.

“Too often, political office is treated as a reward, not a responsibility, so members of parliament sometimes take their seats with little sense of the ideology they represent,” he observed.

Reflecting on the outcome of the 2024 elections, he encouraged party faithful not to lose hope.

“The elephant is mighty, though it may stumble, it does not fall forever. We will rise again—and we shall do so with clarity and a better strategy,” he declared.

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