The National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Salam Mustapha, has called on party members and supporters to tone down what he describes as “harsh rhetoric” and prioritise unity as the party approaches its presidential primary on January 31.
Speaking on Channel One Newsroom on Monday, January 26, Mustapha warned that escalating verbal attacks and hostilities risk deepening divisions within the party, despite the recent signing of a peace pact by flagbearer hopefuls.
He stressed the need for genuine reconciliation after the primary, urging members to focus on building trust and strengthening the NPP ahead of the next general elections.
“I think that our narratives, comments and rhetoric have been a little bit hard. I have seen friendships broken, bridges burnt now into ashes. I pray and hope that we will all, post-January 31, seek genuine reconciliation and build a united, stronger party fit for purpose to take on the NDC,” he said.
“I have said this time and again, we don’t need the NDC to fail before we beat them in an election. What we need in the NPP is a strong, resilient, formidable party that presents superior ideas to the Ghanaian people, showing that we can do better than the NDC. Before we act, let’s think. We will need each other post-January 31,” he added.
The NPP presidential primary is expected to be keenly contested, with former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, former Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong, Abetifi MP Dr. Bryan Acheampong, Bosomtwe MP Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, and former NPP General Secretary Ing. Kwabena Agyepong all vying for the party’s flagbearer slot.
