A National Organizer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover has urged party members to remain united despite recent internal tensions sparked by comments from party stalwart Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko.
Speaking on Good Morning Ghana on Metro TV on Thursday, October 9, 2025, Titus-Glover said disagreements within the party should not be allowed to cause division, stressing that every member has the right to express an opinion.
“Gabby [Asare Otchere-Darko] has spoken. He has shared his views. Those who disagree with him can also come and make their points so forcefully,” he said.
“At the end of the day, we are building a party together. They should not stretch us or tear us apart,” he said.
Gabby Otchere-Darko’s recent critique of former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s call for the NPP to apologise for some of its shortcomings in government and his claim that Ashanti Region NPP MPs chose roads over flyovers have stirred debate among party faithful.
Some are calling on the leading member of the Danquah-Dombo-Busia tradition to apologize.
But Titus-Glover says calls for Gabby to apologise are unnecessary.
“I don’t want to be part of it. He’s entitled to whatever he has said, and those who also debunk all that he’s saying are also entitled to that,” he said.
“For me, it’s a party that we’re all building. He’s talked about it. I feel he shouldn’t have talked about it at all, but he’s spoken, so let’s take the good things out of it and build.”
He argued that Dr. Bawumia’s expression of remorse over the party’s past decisions should not be seen as weakness.
“I don’t see anything wrong about it at all,” Titus-Glover said.
“If you have listened to other counsel, maybe you wouldn’t have taken that decision that you took. So for him to also attack him that he’s talking about apology, I don’t see anything there.”
Reflecting on the NPP’s time in government, the former Tema East MP admitted that while the Akufo-Addo administration achieved a lot, it also faced tough challenges.
“The excellence of President Akufo-Addo and the Vice President worked so closely and so well. We did so many good things for this country, but we didn’t do all,” he noted.
“There were times the odds were against us, the Galamsey matter, the domestic debt exchange programme. Those were tough decisions,” he noted.
Titus-Glover urged his party to use the 2024 electoral defeat as an opportunity for reflection and renewal.
“If we’ve lost election 2024, that is not the end of the road,” he said.
“It is a time of making a super reflection. Where did we falter? What did we do that we shouldn’t have done? We look at all these challenges and get the right people this time to lead the party.”
Titus-Glover also drew parallels with the NDC’s past internal struggles, pointing out that the governing party had faced similar fractures but managed to stay united.
“When Goosie Tanoh left to form the Reform Party, or when Professor Mills had issues within, they still came together. That gave them the victory in 2008,” he said. “So for us, we can disagree, but it should not tear us apart.”
He called for calm and maturity as the party rebuilds ahead of future elections.
“We are all infallible. We can make mistakes. But at the end of the day, that mistake should rather unify us as a strong elephant family,” he said. “Let us be very mindful and measured in the way we make all our contributions, because nowhere cool.”
Source: metrotvonline.com
