New Patriotic Party National Organiser Henry Nana Boakye, popularly known as Nana B, has sought to distinguish his relatively young age from his political experience, arguing that his lengthy and uninterrupted involvement in the party has taken him through virtually every layer of its organisational structure.
Speaking on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem ahead of the NPP’s national executive elections, Nana Boakye said that although he considers himself the youngest contender in the Vice Chairperson contest, his political association with the party stretches back 26 years. His account was also reported by Adom Online on September 30, 2026.
Nana Boakye explained that his involvement with the NPP commenced when he was 19 years old, shortly after completing his secondary education at Prempeh College. He said his earliest formal participation came during the 2000 general election, when he worked as a polling agent for the party.
Reflecting on the length of his political involvement, he said, “I may be the youngest, but I have served the NPP continuously, uninterrupted, for 26 years.”
According to him, his subsequent political journey has encompassed responsibilities at the polling station, electoral area, constituency, regional and national levels, giving him exposure to different aspects of the party’s internal organisation and grassroots operations.
He recalled serving on two occasions as a polling station chairman and also occupying the position of electoral area chairman. He further said he had served as a constituency communications officer before progressing into regional and national party responsibilities.
Nana Boakye also highlighted his involvement in the establishment of the Tertiary Students’ Confederacy Network, commonly known as TESCON, during his time at the School of Mines in Tarkwa, which is now the University of Mines and Technology.
He said TESCON did not exist at the institution when he gained admission and that he joined several other students in establishing the organisation. He subsequently became its founding president at the institution.
His engagement in student politics, he explained, continued after he proceeded to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology to pursue legal studies, where he again served as TESCON president.
Beyond his university involvement, Nana Boakye pointed to a succession of responsibilities within the national structures of the NPP as part of the experience informing his current bid. He said he served on the party’s National Steering Committee and participated in national youth initiatives during the period when Sammy Awuku was National Youth Organiser.
He further cited his experience as a national communications officer and his involvement in other assignments that exposed him to the party’s decision making structures and national operations.
Nana Boakye formally announced his intention to contest for the position of National First Vice Chairman in July 2026, describing his 26 years of active participation in the NPP as an important part of his motivation for seeking a higher organisational responsibility.
In his earlier declaration, he said the experience and lessons accumulated during his years of party service had prepared him to contribute to strengthening the NPP’s organisational structures and reconnecting with its grassroots membership.
For Nana Boakye, his prolonged involvement has exposed him to different periods in the NPP’s political history, including moments of electoral success as well as setbacks. He therefore presented his political background as one that has given him familiarity with the party’s development across several generations of leadership.
“I have served the party at all levels. If we’re looking for someone who knows the rise and fall of the party, its victory and losses, I am the one,” he stated.
He further characterised his political development as a process through which he was trained and nurtured within the NPP, maintaining that his extended participation had provided him with an understanding of the party’s structures, internal challenges and grassroots organisation.
The NPP is scheduled to hold its national executive elections on Saturday, October 3, 2026. The party has confirmed that the elections will cover several national leadership positions, including the National Chairperson, Vice Chairpersons, General Secretary, National Treasurer, National Organiser, National Women’s Organiser, National Youth Organiser, National Nasara Organiser and National Communications Director.
The Vice Chairperson contest has attracted 13 aspirants, according to the Ghana News Agency, including incumbent National Organiser Henry Nana Boakye, Communications Director Richard Ahiagbah, former Kumasi Mayor Sam Pyne, former Information Minister Mustapha Abdul Hamid and NPP Communications Committee Chairman Nana Akomea.
Nana Boakye is seeking to transition from his current position as National Organiser into the Vice Chairperson structure as the NPP prepares to elect a new group of national executives.
His campaign therefore centres on the experience he says he has accumulated from grassroots party activity, student organisation, constituency responsibilities and national executive assignments over more than two decades.
