BY Daniel Bampoe
Accra’s usually hectic streets took on a different character over the weekend when a group of women linked to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) turned major commercial and traffic centres into points of relief for the city’s most vulnerable residents.
More than 1,000 people living and working on the streets received hot meals and refreshments through a joint humanitarian exercise by the NPP Loyal Ladies France and their Greater Accra counterparts.
The outreach, which formed part of the group’s ongoing social intervention activities, covered areas known for high human traffic and economic hardship, including the Emmanuel Eye Clinic traffic light enclave, Spanner Bus Stop, Accra Mall surroundings and Madina Market.
Beneficiaries ranged from street hawkers and artisans to unemployed youth and informal workers struggling with the rising cost of living.
A tradition of party-based social action
The NPP Loyal Ladies, a women’s support group within the governing party’s broader grassroots structure, have over the years combined political mobilisation with community-focused initiatives.
Both local and diaspora branches are known for organising welfare activities, particularly during festive seasons and periods of economic difficulty.
The Accra feeding exercise builds on that tradition, highlighting the group’s emphasis on what it describes as “politics with a human face.”
This particular intervention was coordinated by Karen Kemetse, Director of Diaspora Branches of the NPP Loyal Ladies, and fully financed by the France chapter, underscoring the growing role of the Ghanaian diaspora in domestic social and political engagement.
France Chapter Leads, Accra Chapter Delivers
Heading the delegation from abroad was Gina Afua Atta, Captain of NPP Loyal Ladies France, who worked with a team that included Coreata Gyimah, Andrena Gyimah, Maybel Osei, Rhoda Osei, Jeff Jackson, Eunice Gyabaah and Tiphaine Kanoukounou.
Their counterparts in Greater Accra—Jennifer Owusu, Joana Boatemaa, Barbara Twum and Grace Hagan—handled local coordination, logistics and beneficiary identification to ensure the support reached those most in need.
Clad in the group’s distinctive blue shirts, the women moved through busy streets and markets distributing meals, while also engaging beneficiaries in conversation—an approach organisers said was intended to restore dignity, not just provide food.
Beneficiaries Speak On impact
For many recipients, the gesture went beyond material support. Kofi Nyame, a mechanic operating around the Spanner Bus Stop area, described the outreach as emotionally uplifting.
He said the presence of women who had travelled from outside the country to serve ordinary Ghanaians was a reminder that “some people in politics still remember the struggles on the ground.”
Party Leadership Lends Support
The exercise attracted the presence and backing of key figures within the NPP Loyal Ladies’ leadership structure, including Communications Director Grace Akosua Amoabeng, Party Relations Director Florence Boatemaa and the group’s Global President, Sussan Amo.
Their participation, organisers said, reinforced the initiative’s importance within the group’s broader mission.
Additional support came from executives of the NPP Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency, led by former Constituency Chairman Jeff Osei, who commended the women for promoting what he described as “empathy-driven politics” and sustaining the party’s grassroots connection.
