Justin Kodua Frimpong has been re-elected as General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), defeating three challengers at the party’s National Delegates Conference on 3 October.
More than 7,000 delegates took part in the vote, with Mr Kodua Frimpong securing 4,486 votes. His nearest rival, Sylvester Tetteh, received 1,340. Eugene Boakye Antwi and Dr Charles Dwamena were the other candidates.
Known as JFK, Mr Kodua Frimpong was first elected NPP General Secretary in July 2022. He won that contest with 2,837 votes, beating John Boadu, who received 2,524.
Background and career
Born on 14 November 1982 in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, Mr Kodua Frimpong is a lawyer and politician.
He attended Opoku Ware SHS before earning a City & Guilds Certificate in ICT from Hackney Community College in London. He later completed a BSc in Land Economy in 2002 and an LLB at KNUST, followed by a Barrister at Law qualification from the Ghana School of Law.
His academic background also includes a Diploma in Financial Management from the Institute of Commercial Management in Bournemouth, UK.
Before entering senior political roles, Mr Kodua Frimpong worked for Supersport UK and served on the Local Organising Committee for AFCON 2008 Ghana. He practised law at Adomako Kwakye Law Consult in Kumasi and was Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) from 2017 to 2022.
Within the NPP, he previously served as Deputy Ashanti Regional Youth Organizer before becoming the substantive Ashanti Regional Youth Organizer.
Record and campaign priorities
Mr Kodua Frimpong has said he has spent much of his four-year tenure as General Secretary working without a substantive National Chairman.
He has pointed to several reforms during his time in office, including expanding the electoral college, strengthening the party’s legal directorate and implementing the constitutional reforms recommended by the Oquaye Committee.
He has also cited the operationalisation of the Patriotic Institute, the revival of Sector Committees, an expanded digital membership database and transparent parliamentary primaries among his achievements.
His campaign slogan was “Prepared. Well-positioned. Focused. REBUILD.” He described the NPP’s defeat in 2024 as painful but said the party was not made up of quitters.
Mr Kodua Frimpong pledged to hold parliamentary primaries earlier, improve the distribution of resources to constituencies, strengthen welfare support for party foot soldiers and promote unity within the NPP.
The latest survey cited in his campaign placed him first among delegates, with 60% support.
