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Atik Mohammed says the Assin North by-election should teach the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP) a big lesson as they head for the 2024 general elections.

To him, the Assin North by-election is a precursor to the main national elections, thus the outcome of the election proves how unhappy Ghanaians are with the government.

He noted that the New Patriotic Party has a lot of work to do if they want to clinch victory in the 2024 elections.

"The NPP has a lot to do going forward. If the 2024 election is indeed their heart desire and they really want to win, there is a lot of work to do. First, there is internal party disappointment or disillusionment . . .and again there are all kinds of perceptions about what is happening within the NPP and so on . . . the other issue is that Ghanaians generally are unhappy at this point and let nobody kid himself into saying this is not true," he said on Peace FM's 'Kokrokoo' show.

Atik Mohammed slammed President Nana Akufo-Addo for making Ghana's economy "hard" for Ghanaians and cautioned the ruling party stressing "when the economy is tight, nobody is excited. Nobody is happy. So, I'm happy Ghanaians showed their unhappiness on the ballot".

He also lambasted the NPP over claims of vote buying during the by-election.

"I am disgusted at this practice of buying votes and politicians are hypocritical. When they buy and lose, they blame others but when they buy and win the elections, they attribute it to hard work."