The only female contender for the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) National Youth Organiser position, Vera Oye Bram-Larbi, has voiced strong concerns about what she describes as unfair tactics in the race as thousands of delegates prepare to vote on Saturday, October 3, 2026, in Kumasi.
Bram-Larbi is contesting against five male candidates — Alfred Kumi Ababio, Michael Osei Boateng, Abanga Fuseini Yakubu, Clement Opoku Gyamfi and Chris Lloyd Nii Kwei Asamoah — for the key youth wing leadership role.
Speaking to Isaac Addae on the Morning Star on Friday, October 2, 2026, Bram-Larbi said she had been highly confident of victory until she arrived in Kumasi, where she began to question her prospects due to the involvement of senior party figures.
“I was so much certain about my victory tomorrow until a couple of people decided to step in the election. How is that honest? Now, the contest is not between the youth again…which is highly unfair,” she stated.
She argued that the intervention of powerful party personalities had transformed the race.
“When two giants of the party decide to take the contest up upon themselves, it’s no longer a battle between the youth organizers. It’s among certain individuals who are not on the ballot. That’s all I can say,” she said.
Pressed on the identities of those involved, Bram-Larbi declined to name them, urging the public to investigate.
She however maintained that voting should be based on merit and the most viable candidate, but claimed some individuals were instructing delegates on how to vote.
“How can you be meeting people [and] delegate telling them that everybody should vote this way? It is highly unfair. If this is what they’ll be doing, [we are] not ready for power. I just think we are not ready,” she said.
Responding to the suggestion that confidence in her own candidacy should shield her from external comments, Bram-Larbi clarified that her concern was not about words but actions.
“It’s not what people say, what people are doing,” she said.
The NPP national officers’ elections are scheduled for the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi, with more than 7,000 delegates expected to participate under the supervision of the Electoral Commission.
The National Youth Organiser race forms part of a broader contest for nine national executive positions as the party reorganises following its 2024 electoral defeat and prepares for 2028.
Bram-Larbi, who has highlighted her long service in the party’s youth wing and grassroots structures, has previously positioned herself as an experienced and prepared contender capable of uniting and empowering young members.
If elected, she would become the first woman to hold the National Youth Organiser position in the party’s history.
Delegates will cast their votes on Saturday. Bram-Larbi’s comments add a note of tension to the youth wing contest in the final hours before the polls.
Source: Starrfm.com.gh
