NPP-USA Members Push Back Against Claims of Rejection of Election Guidelines

A group identifying itself as “Concerned Members of NPP-USA External Branch” has issued a strong rejoinder to recent online publications by Theophilus Nkansah, also known as Senator Theo of the NPP Massachusetts Chapter, describing his claims as “malicious,” “misleading,” and “full of lies.”

The rebuttal, circulated on Tuesday, directly challenges three assertions made by Nkansah in his earlier open letter that accused the party’s General Secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong, Esq., of disenfranchising over 600 dues-paying members of NPP-USA through revised election guidelines.

Disputing the “Rejection” Claim

The concerned members first addressed Nkansah’s claim that “NPP-USA members had rejected the revised election guidelines.”

“There has been no platform by NPP-USA or a meeting of NPP-USA members where the members were accorded the privilege of sharing their opinion on the election guidelines,” the rejoinder states. “This assertion can only be described as a malicious lie or a figment of the author’s imagination.”

On the Role of the General Secretary

Responding to the accusation that the General Secretary was “disenfranchising over 600 voters,” the group argued that the claim shows “a clear misunderstanding on the part of the author on the protocols and structure of the New Patriotic Party.”

“The General Secretary as the chief scribe of the New Patriotic Party does not dictate election guidelines,” the statement reads. It cited Article 10(4)(1) of the party constitution, noting that the National Executive Committee, acting for and on behalf of the National Council, considers and approves election guidelines for the party — “not just NPP-USA.”

“The General Secretary just communicates the recommendations to the members of the party. NPP-USA is not an island within the party,” the group said. It added that the guidelines are issued to ensure “fairness, transparency and equity for all the members of the party both in Ghana and for all external branches.”

“To interpret streamlined guidelines in the interest of the National Party’s cohesion as a machination of the Party General Secretary is very unfortunate,” the rejoinder continued.

On NPP-USA Dues

The concerned members also rejected the phrase “Kodua cashed our dues, then killed our votes.” They pointed to Article 8(4) of the NPP Constitution, stating that NPP-USA “dictates and levies the NPP-USA members based on the NPP-USA guidelines and also operates its own bank accounts independent of the mother party.”

“NPP-USA member dues are not controlled or directed by the party General Secretary,” the statement said. “To assert that the General Secretary collected dues from NPP-USA members and disenfranchised the members is not only false and disingenuous but also puts NPP-USA in a bad light with the mother party.”

Call for Leadership Response

The group described Nkansah’s comments as “a dangerous precedent in our external NPP-USA branch” and said they believe the assertions are “underpinned by self-serving interest emanating from the current political climate that the party finds itself in.”

“If this development remains unchecked, we risk seeing the NPP-USA Branch spiraling into downward chaos,” the rejoinder warned.

The concerned members called on NPP-USA leadership to address the situation and “condemn these reckless comments by Mr. Theophilus Nkansah in no uncertain terms.” They added that “a great task is given to us as an external branch by the party” and that “these disparaging and repugnant comments have no place in our body politic.”

The statement was signed, “We remain CITIZENS! Concerned Members of NPP-USA External Branch.”

As of publication, neither the Office of the General Secretary nor the official leadership of NPP-USA has issued a formal response to the rejoinder or to Senator Theo’s original letter. The exchange highlights deepening debate within the diaspora branch over the revised election guidelines approved at the NEC meeting on April 8, 2026, and how they should apply to external branches.