Ghana: Political Elephantiasis and the Crisis Within the New Patriotic Party

The New Patriotic Party (NPP), once celebrated as a dominant political force in Ghana’s democratic evolution, today finds itself in a profound existential crisis. The party is not merely experiencing electoral defeat; it is suffering from what may best be described as “political elephantiasis”–a condition in which the organisational body becomes grossly swollen, dysfunctional, and unresponsive, while real power slips from principled leadership into the hands of a few entrenched and self-serving…