NPP 2024: Straightening Dr. Richard Anane's Unfortunate Distortion Of Our Political History

This is a quick one! I have seen a video in which Dr. Richard Anane, in an interview with a journalist, was making “Aduru Wo So” case for Dr. Bawumia, with the argument that Dr. Bawumia can equally say “Aduru ne so” because his father, the late Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia, was part of those who formed the Northern People’s Party.

Quite frankly, one thing I really find difficult to do is to publicly correct a mistake or an error committed by someone I have great respect for, but for the sake of Dr. Anane's own political reputation, and for the sake of setting the record straight for our party members, I’m respectfully compelled to correct the historical distortion and misinformation he may have inadvertently put out there through that interview.

Yes, historically, it’s an undeniable fact that the late Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia, the father of the Vice President, was a founding member of the Northern People’s Party (NPP) in 1954, which later joined other political parties to form the United Party (UP) in 1957.

However, it is an equally undeniable fact that at the time the Northern People’s Party was in the process of joining the other parties to form the United Party, Dr. Bawumia’s late father, Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia, decided to leave the Northern People’s Party for the Convention People’s Party of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.

That is to say that, at the time that crucial merger decision was eventually made by the Northern People’s Party, he had already betrayed them and left for a political appointment in the CPP. In actual fact, his decision to cross carpet to the CPP for appointment is still considered the biggest betrayal in the political history of our country. That is why Dr. Bawumia’s late dad can never be linked to the New Patriotic Party in any way. Linking him to the NPP is the greatest error anyone can commit.

Kindly let me use this analogy to buttress the point I’m making: If a man marries a woman and have one child with her, and the man unfortunately dies and, as a result, the woman later marries again to have another child, the dead man’s family cannot claim any relationship with the woman’s second child, by virtue of their dead family man’s previous relationship with the woman. Never!

Again, let the record be set straight emphatically for our people to know that, our party, the New Patriotic Party doesn’t even take it’s root from the Northern People’s Party. The party takes it’s root from the United Party. This clarification is imperative, as it cures all the mischiefs and fabrications being propagated out there in respect of the jaundiced Busia-Danquah-Dombo argument.

Besides, it may interest you know that, Dr. Bawumia’s late dad, Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia, after shockingly betraying Dombo and other members of the Northern People’s Party, always became a member of a political party that fought against our tradition. He joined Nkrumah’s CPP against our UP, joined Limann’s PNP against our PFP, and finally joined Rawlings’ NDC against our NPP.

And, don’t forget that Dr. Kwabena Duffour has recently come out to reveal that he brought Dr. Bawumia to the Bank of Ghana because of the latter's connection with the NDC, which is traceable through his late dad, who was the Chairman of the Council of State of the NDC government. Perhaps you may have also heard that Dr. Bawumia's late mum was a regional women’s organiser of the NDC.

So, one can understand why Dr. Bawumia didn’t vote for the NPP in 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004. Obviously, he wasn’t happy when we won the 2000 election. He started voting for the party from 2008, when he was brought in by Ken Ofori Atta and his Databank guys to become a running mate because Nana Addo’s preferred choice, Hajia Alima Mahama, was painfully rejected by the party elders.

In NPP, if one objectively considers the history of the party and the contributions and sacrifices people have made since 1992, one can emphatically conclude that Dr. Bawumia has no basis whatsoever to make “Aduru me so” claim. In fact, it would sound so ridiculous should any of his people make that claim as part of their campaign message.

In any case, Mr. Alan Kyerematen has never said anywhere that the party’s delegates should vote for him because Aduru ne so. He has demonstrated through his track record that he is the most competent you can find in the lot. Besides, he is the only potential aspirant who has boldly put out his vision for the party and the country.

A distorted truth is like a life-threatening injury that requires quick care and attention, hence my quick rebuttal to the man I greatly respect.

Shalom shalom!
E. G. BUCKMAN