{"id":91169,"date":"2025-08-24T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T11:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=91169"},"modified":"2025-08-24T11:01:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T11:01:00","slug":"npp-race-stop-the-tribal-and-religious-bigotry-bawumia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=91169","title":{"rendered":"NPP race: Stop the tribal and religious bigotry \u2013 Bawumia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has condemned what he described as tribal and religious propaganda being deployed by some of his opponents in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearership contest.<\/p>\n

Addressing the NPP New York 33rd Anniversary celebration on Sunday, August 24, Dr Bawumia warned that such divisive tactics were dangerous and risked branding the party as exclusionary.<\/p>\n

He dismissed claims by some aspirants that the NPP lost the 2024 elections because of his northern and Muslim background, describing such suggestions as both false and desperate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people playing the religion and tribal card clearly do not have a message. That propaganda is not only false but also dangerous for the NPP,\u201d he told the gathering.<\/p>\n

To buttress his point, Dr Bawumia cited the Professor Mike Oquaye report, which investigated the party\u2019s 2024 defeat.<\/p>\n

The study, he explained, showed that religion and tribe were not factors in voter behaviour.<\/p>\n

Instead, nearly 80% of respondents attributed their voting decisions to disappointment with the government.<\/p>\n

He added that his own presidential votes in 2024 surpassed those of several Christian parliamentary candidates in the party\u2019s strongholds, disproving the claims of bias.<\/p>\n

Dr Bawumia also rejected suggestions that the long-standing Mamprusi-Kusasi conflict in Bawku played a decisive role in the NPP\u2019s defeat.<\/p>\n

He presented election data dating back to 1965 showing that the NPP tradition has historically struggled to win seats in the Bawku zone, regardless of its presidential candidate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Bawku conflict was not a factor in the outcome of the 2024 election. The data is clear,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n

He urged his competitors within the NPP to focus on policies, ideas and proven leadership records rather than attempting to sow disunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want to contest me, come with a vision, come with your ideas, come with your track record, come with your integrity and let us decide,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour message cannot be that I am a Muslim, a northerner or a Mamprusi man. That is not the politics of the NPP.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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