Kofi Tonto, an aide to former Vice President and 2024 NPP flagbearer Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has emphasised that their campaign strategy will be rooted in ideas and solutions rather than divisive rhetoric.
He made clear that the campaign would not entertain tribal or religious politics.
“We will focus on the message. We will not denigrate any group of people in Ghana. We will focus on the message because Ghana is gradually becoming a nation of one people in terms of even tribes.
“When you take a Ghanaian, you can get three or four tribes of that Ghanaian. That is the oneness that Ghana is increasingly becoming,” Tonto explained on Channel One TV’s Point of View on Monday, August 25.
He cautioned against the dangers of sowing division, urging political actors to rise above tribal and religious sentiments. “Let us eschew tribal and religious bigotry. It is irresponsible. It is insensitive. It is not the right thing we must do as a political party,” he added.
According to him, Ghanaians deserve a campaign that speaks to the challenges of the day and provides practical pathways for progress, not one that exploits social and cultural differences for political gain.
Meanwhile Dr. Palgrave Boakye-Danquah has attributed the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) defeat in the 2024 general elections to what he calls a rejection of the party’s flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, by his own people.
The Governance analyst said the numbers clearly show that Muslim and northern communities did not back the former Vice President in am interview on Breakfast Daily on Channel One TV.
“He should tell us why we lost. He should tell us why we lost in all Zongos, why we lost in all Muslim communities, he should tell us why we lost in all Kusasi communities … The data is very clear why we lost,” he argued.
Dr. Boakye-Danquah further explained that the voting pattern revealed a lack of trust in Bawumia among the very groups expected to champion his bid.
“We know why we lost. If we lost because Muslims themselves didn’t vote, those reasons will remain.
