Flagbearer hopeful Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has expressed concerns over the decision by some candidates in the NPP flagbearership race to engage in tribal and religious politics.
According to him, it is worrying that they will go on that tangent in an internal election to choose a flagbearer for their party.
The former vice president was addressing party faithful on Sunday, August 24, 2025, when he made this known.
“As we go into the primaries, I am very concerned and troubled that some of our presidential aspirants have embarked on religious and tribal bigotry and propaganda against me. In a desperate attempt to win votes, they totally ignore the data and findings on why we lost the 2024 election and want to mislead delegates and the party wings with such propaganda,” he said.
He could not fathom why an aspirant would tell delegates to reject him just because he is Mamprusi and the Kusasis will not vote for him when the available data does not back his claim.
“An aspirant has said delegates should not vote for me because I am a Mamprusi man and that I will lose votes in the Kusasi and other areas. This is very unfortunate and demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of the situation,” Bawumia revealed.
To the former Vice President, such narratives should not be made to fester in our body politics adding that it is just an attempt to divert attention from what actually led to the party’s defeat in the 2024 elections.
His comments come on the back of Dr Bryan Acheampong’s claims that his tribal background led the party lose in the Bawku enclave, which is conflict prone.
