In politics, noise isn’t strategy. And loyalty isn’t results.
That’s the hard conversation happening inside the New Patriotic Party today, and it centers on one man: Kwame Baffoe, alias Abronye DC, the Bono Regional Chairman.
“Any good political strategist knows that Kwame Abronye is a political liability to NPP.”
That line isn’t from an NDC press conference. It’s being whispered by NPP constituency executives, MPs, and foot soldiers from Wenchi to Jaman North. The reason? Numbers don’t lie. And in Bono, the numbers have collapsed.
1. The Bono Scorecard: From Half to Almost Nothing
Bono Region used to be NPP’s firewall. In the 7th Parliament of 2017, the region split evenly — NPP won 6 out of 12 seats and NDC won 6. The NPP held Berekum East, Berekum West, Dormaa Central, Dormaa East, Sunyani East, and Sunyani West.
In 2021, for the 8th Parliament, the story stayed the same: 6 seats for NPP, 6 for NDC. NPP kept Berekum East, Dormaa Central, Dormaa East, Sunyani East, and Sunyani West, while picking up Jaman South and losing Berekum West.
By the 9th Parliament in 2025, NPP had only 1 out of 12 seats in Bono. NDC swept 11. The only constituency NPP held was Sunyani East. Everywhere else — Berekum East, Berekum West, Dormaa Central, Dormaa East, Jaman South, Sunyani West — turned green.
Berekum East, Abronye’s own backyard, went NDC for the first time since 1992.
The presidential numbers are worse. In 2020, Nana Akufo-Addo won Bono Region with 52.1%. In 2024, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia got 40.1% while John Mahama took 58.3%. That’s an 18-point swing in one election cycle, under Abronye’s chairmanship.
Good political strategists don’t just talk. They deliver seats. On that metric, Bono NPP is bleeding, and the Regional Chairman’s report card is in red.
2. The Style: When Insults Replace Strategy
Abronye DC built his brand on “attack politics.” Radio, TV, Facebook — no one is spared.
The problem? He attacks his own more than the NDC.
Party elders have been disrespected. Dr. Richard Winfred Anane, former Health Minister and NPP stalwart, was called “greedy” on air for advising calm after the 2024 defeat. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, who placed second in the NPP flagbearer race, was labelled a “traitor” for critiquing government policy. Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the celebrated heart surgeon and former Environment Minister, was mocked as “obsolete” after his galamsey report.
Foot soldiers have been alienated too. Polling station executives in Dormaa have recordings of Abronye insulting them as “lazy” and “ungrateful” for demanding campaign logistics. In Jaman South, he told TESCON members they “have no sense” for questioning parliamentary candidate selection.
Politics is addition. Abronye’s style is subtraction. You can’t insult Dr. Anane in Kumasi and expect his loyalists in Berekum to campaign for you. You can’t call Agyapong’s base “fools” and expect them to defend the ballot in Sunyani West.
3. The New Voter: Why Insults Don’t Win Anymore
NPP’s own post-2024 “Thank You Tour” reports admit it: _“People are wise now.”_
The 18-35 demographic that decided 2024 doesn’t vote for “buga” politics. They vote jobs, prices, and respect. When a Regional Chairman spends more time trading insults on Sompa FM than explaining why gari is GHS 25, the youth tune out.
Take Sunyani East. In 2020, NPP won by 8,742 votes. In 2024, they won by just 1,103. The only seat they held, and it nearly went too. Constituency executives blame “voter apathy from our own base” — young people who said “if our Chairman can insult Prof. Frimpong-Boateng, then what about me?”
Insulting don’t bring votes but rather reduce it. That’s not a slogan. Look at Berekum West, where NPP lost by 2,109 votes after leading in 2020. Assembly members there say 3,000 NPP voters stayed home. “They said they’re tired of the insults,” one told me.
4. The Defense: “But He Fights NDC”
Abronye’s loyalists argue he’s the only one “fearless” enough to attack NDC. That he “defends the party” when others are quiet.
True, he’s loud. But what has the noise produced?
NDC didn’t lose Bono because Abronye insulted Asiedu Nketia. NDC _won_ Bono because NPP lost Berekum West, Dormaa Central, and Sunyani West while Abronye was Chairman. You don’t measure a goalkeeper by how loud he shouts at strikers. You measure him by goals conceded. NPP conceded 5 seats in Bono. That’s a rout.
Fighting NDC on radio is easy. Organizing polling stations, resolving candidate disputes in Jaman North, raising funds for Berekum East without insulting donors — that’s the job. And going from 6 seats to 1 says the job isn’t done.
5. The Path Forward: Bono NPP Needs a Reset, Not a Megaphone
The 2028 election starts now. If NPP wants to recover Bono, the party must decide: Do we want a Regional Chairman who wins interviews or one who wins seats?
Three steps NPP National Council must consider:
First, audit the collapse. Set up a 3-member committee — no Abronye allies — to interview all 12 constituency executives in Bono. Ask one question: “Did the Regional Chairman’s conduct help or hurt us in 2024?” Publish the findings.
Second, enforce Article 3(5) of the NPP Constitution. It demands members “protect the unity and integrity of the Party.” Publicly insulting Dr. Anane, Agyapong, and Prof. Frimpong-Boateng breaches that. The National Disciplinary Committee must act, or the constitution is a joke.
Third, separate noise from strategy. Appoint a Regional Operations Team for 2028 that focuses on data, logistics, and reconciliation. Let Abronye keep the mic if he wants. But take the campaign out of his hands before Bono becomes Oti — a region NPP can’t flip.
Kwame Abronye is charismatic. He’s loyal to NPP. Nobody doubts his energy but bring in no results
But politics is a results business. You became Bono Regional Chairman when NPP had 6 seats. Today NPP has 1. You called elders “greedy” and “obsolete.” Their regions held. Yours didn’t.
People are wise now. The farmer in Nsoatre knows the difference between a Chairman who insults and one who brings fertilizer. The nurse in Drobo knows the difference between radio rants and a functioning CHPS compound.
NPP can’t afford to lose Bono again in 2028. And it can’t win it with a strategy that subtracts.
The statistics are not NDC propaganda. They’re from the EC. Six seats to one.
That is the definition of a political liability. And until NPP admits it, Bono will stay blue on the map. NDC blue.
By: Alexander Afriyie