{"id":99669,"date":"2025-10-21T20:36:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T20:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=99669"},"modified":"2025-10-21T20:36:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T20:36:33","slug":"npp-is-an-akan-party-we-wont-allow-a-northerner-to-be-our-presidential-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=99669","title":{"rendered":"\u2018NPP is an Akan party; we won\u2019t allow a northerner to be our presidential candidate\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>56 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div><div>\n<p>The Amenfi East Constituency Treasurer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Isaac Buah, has been caught in a distasteful tribal commentary on the party\u2019s presidential primaries.<\/p>\n<p>In a viral audio circulating on social media and 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title=\"'NPP is an Akan party; we won't allow a northerner to be our presidential candidate'\">The Amenfi East Constituency Treasurer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Isaac Buah, has been caught in a distasteful tribal commentary on the party\u2019s presidential primaries.<\/p>\n<p>In a viral audio circulating on social media and reposted by several media platforms, Isaac Buah, who has demonstrated support for businessman Kennedy Agyapong&#8217;s bid to lead the NPP and Ghana, is heard saying that the NPP will not allow a northerner to become its presidential candidate because the party \u201cis Akan 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