Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, former Minister of Communications and ex-MP for Ablekuma West, has announced her intention to contest for the position of General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party(NPP) ahead of the 2028 general elections.
In a Facebook post on Monday, October 20, 2025, marking her birthday, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful reflected on recent internal challenges within the NPP and called for unity among party members.
She framed her decision to run as part of a broader mission to reorganise the party and restore public confidence.
“On this day of my birth, Patriots, I come before you, the fighter you have always known… I come to you in all humility, to ask you, dear patriots, to join me on this rescue mission as your next General Secretary,” she wrote.
Reflecting on the NPP’s recent internal and national challenges, the former Minister said the party had emerged bruised and humbled but not broken.
“We came out bruised, our individual and collective egos battered. We lie not in a good place. However, as our great tradition had demonstrated over the years, influenced by the then burgeoning spirit of resilience and purpose that heralded our birth in Saltpond, we will thrive,” she said.
Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful likened the NPP’s current state to a period of rebirth, urging supporters not to lose hope in the party’s mission.
According to her, the NPP’s current difficulties represent “a necessary phase of self-introspection and diagnosis” as the party charts a new course toward reorganisation and victory.
She pledged to work closely with the party’s grassroots structures to rebuild trust and unity from the polling stations through to the national level.
“From the polling stations, through to the electoral areas, constituencies, and regions to the top, we will restore confidence in our party and unity amongst ourselves. That is the only dose we need to booth out this accident-of-a-government,” she asserted.
Looking ahead to the next elections, the Ablekuma West MP underscored the urgency for the NPP to reposition itself as a credible alternative for Ghanaians.
“December 2028 is soon upon us, and by which time the good people of Ghana and us all, as it is today, will remain in dire need for change. That is why we need to re-shape, re-organise, and put ourselves in a good place to effectively represent the desired change and restore the belief of Ghanaians in us as the institutors of growth and development,” she said.
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