Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the former Vice President and the NPP’s flagbearer for 2024, has urged his party members to immediately cease promoting tribal narratives and to allow the NPP to recover from its electoral challenges in 2024.
During his address in New York on Sunday, August 24, at the party’s 33rd Anniversary celebration, he characterized such strategies as a significant threat to the unity and survival of the NPP.
He specifically highlighted the efforts of certain aspirants who claim that his ethnic background renders him unelectable, cautioning that such propaganda is unfounded and detrimental.
“Let us be clear that these views do not represent the rank and file of the party. The NPP will always triumph over tribal and religious bigots. What we need is unity to go forward and win 2028,” he asserted.
Dr. Bawumia emphasized that the NPP’s traditions have consistently been based on inclusivity, referencing the party’s origins in the United Party (UP), which united various groups from different regions, religions, and communities, including the Northern People’s Party, the Muslim Association Party, the Ga Shifimokpee, and the Anlo Youth Organisation.
“It is clear therefore that the bonds of unity in diversity have been our lifeblood and our foundation. Now more than ever, we must refresh them,” he proclaimed.
He also reminded the party that the NPP had never defined him by his identity when he defended the party in court, campaigned nationwide, or led initiatives that contributed to electoral successes in 2016 and 2020.
“When I was campaigning the length and breadth of Ghana, nobody referred to me as a northerner, a Mamprusi, or a Muslim. So what has changed now?” he inquired.
Calling for maturity, he urged party members to set aside resentment and unite around a shared objective.
“This propaganda risks pigeonholing the NPP as a tribal and sectional party. That is not who we are. We are the party of unity, the party that embraces all. Let us not repeat the divisions that cost us in 1979. If we heal and stand together, we will be unstoppable in 2028,” Dr.
