Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of Operations, Stan Xoese Dogbe
The Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of Operations at the Office of the President, Stan Xoese Dogbe, has taken a swipe at members of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) over their handling of their defeat in the 2024 general election.
In a post shared on X on Sunday, April 27, 2025, Stan Dogbe suggested that the NPP is still in pain months after their shambolic performance in the 2024 general election.
He said that anytime he meets members, he mocks them for always crying over their humiliating defeat to President John Dramani Mahama.
“The NPP is still yet to come to terms with the humiliating defeat inflicted on them by Ghana’s most favourite leader, John Dramani Mahama, in December 2024.
“As a key player in the NDC and #MahamaThePresident team, I dey laugh when I meet them and they are crying about the pain of the defeat,” the Deputy Chief of Staff wrote.
He went on to advise NPP members to brace themselves for more years in opposition.
He asserted that the good works of the John Dramani Mahama government will keep the NPP in opposition for long.
“More years of opposition for you, thanks to the good works of the Mahama and NDC administration already,” he pointed out.
Stan Dogbe’s remarks come following statements made by leading figures of the NPP, including the presidential candidate of the party for the 2024 election, former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on the reasons why the NPP lost the election.
Dr Bawumia, addressing a gathering as part of the NPP’s ‘Thank You Tour’, said that certain policies by the previous Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government, which he was Vice President of, led to their defeat in the 2024 general elections.
He explained that the arrogance of power that made the government insensitive to the plights of Ghanaians incurred people’s wrath, causing them to vote against the party massively.
The NPP flagbearer also indicated that the rising nature of inflation during Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s government tenure, the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) as well as the introduction of the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy) and the $58 million uncompleted National Cathedral project, played a major role in making the party unpopular.
Following the former Vice President’s remarks, some members of the NPP have accused him of shifting blame for his personal ambitions.
Dr Palgrave Boakye-Danquah, former Government Spokesperson on Governance and Security under the Akufo-Addo administration, condemned Dr Bawumia’s attempts to disassociate himself from controversial policies such as the E-Levy and the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP).
He pointed out that Dr Bawumia remained silent during the implementation of these policies, despite his role as Vice President and head of the Economic Management Team, only to later claim opposition when seeking political advantage.
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