Bawumia must tackle erroneous perceptions in NPP ahead of election 2028 - Elder  

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bono Region has called on the former Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to tackle erroneous perception about the party to enhance its fortunes of winning political power in the Election 2028.

Looking ahead of the Election 2028, Mr Yaw Dabie Appiah Mensah, also a member of the Bono Regional Council of Elders of the NPP gave the advice in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Odumase in the Sunyani West Constituency.

He emphasised that it was untrue that NPP was an 'Akan' entrenched party, deep-rooted in Christianity, advising Alhaji Bawumia also the Election 2028 flagbearer to lead the newly elected national executives to tackle that wrong perception head-on.

Mr Mensah indicated that NPP's opponents and political saboteurs continued to peddle that political falsehood against the NPP and to make the party unappealing to the electorate.

He emphasised that as a staunch Muslim from the Northern part of the country and given the opportunity to serve as a presidential candidate in the Election 2024 and Election 2028, Alhaji Dr Bawumia and the NPP leadership ought to do more to prove critics and saboteurs wrong.

Besides, Mr Mensah, aged 76 years emphasised that Islam and Christianity hinged on diversity, tolerance, underpinning the cardinal principles of peace, unity and social cohesion.

Referencing Quran chapters Quran chapters 49:13 and 60:8, he emphasised that as a peaceful religion, Islam reinforced the need for Muslim to cherish, uphold and defend tolerance, diversity, human dignity, justice and kindness.

Mr Mensah noted that unhealthy religiosity and tribalism in partisan politics undermined democracy and urged Alhaji Dr Bawumia to use his influences in Islam to strengthen the prevailing peaceful co-existence between Muslims and Christians.

“As a staunch Muslim scholar, and leader of the NPP its time Alhaji Dr Bawumia remains at the forefront and uses his influences to address that erroneous perception in the NPP and to help consolidate the gains of our party's internal democracy”, Mr Mensah advised.

By so doing, Mr Mensah, also former regional organiser of the NPP in the then Brong-Ahafo Region, said that the NPP would be more appealing and enhance its fortunes in regaining political power in 2028.

As a staunch Muslim, he called on Alhaji Dr Bawumia, also the Election 2028 Flagbearer of the NPP to remain at the forefront of strengthening the peaceful co-existence between Muslims and Christians who formed the chunk of the electorate.

“Christians and Muslims form the chunk of the electorate, and our party shouldn't sit unconcerned for our saboteurs to wreck the NPP on religious and tribal sentiments to score political marks”, Mr Mensah concluded.

GNA