The Member of Parliament for Yendi constituency, Hon Farouk Aliu Mahama says the statement by Hopeson Adorye, a member of the communication team of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), that “Northerners and Muslims are only fit for running mate positions” in NPP is reckless and should not be entertained.
Farouk Aliu Mahama said the party’s founding ideals is to build a political grouping of national character that lends the liberty of inclusion at its pinnacle despite the circumstances of your birth, creed, religious suasion, or origin.
He said the Busia-Dombo tradition has thrived on that tenet and has endured all the political hostilities and persecutions in the pre-and post-independent era which has transmogrified to where it is now.
He thus made a call to the leadership of the party to be mindful of their actions and inactions that always sell the party as an “Akan” party since that can have a negative impact on the number of votes in the coming elections.
According to him, the number of votes the party had from the northern region in the 2020 election was very significant compared to the previous years with him having the highest votes of over 15,000.
The Yendi MP said it was absolutely out of place to say that some groupings were good to play second fiddle.
Speaking to Bonohene Baffour Awuah on Ghana Kasa morning show, he said that such a view withers the growth of inclusion in the party and must be discouraged, more so, to be shepherded by people considered as leaders on their own accord.
Source: Kasapafmonline.com/Akokoraba Nyarko