The Member of Parliament for Gushegu, Hassan Tampuli, has reaffirmed the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) commitment to national unity and inclusiveness, warning against narratives that seek to portray the party as aligned with any particular ethnic or religious group.
Speaking at a political engagement in Gushegu in support of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s presidential bid, Mr. Tampuli emphasized that the NPP was founded on principles that reject sectionalism and promote broad national participation.
He noted that Ghana’s political tradition and constitutional framework explicitly prohibit discrimination based on tribe, religion, or region, adding that the NPP’s ideological foundations are firmly rooted in these values.
According to the Gushegu MP, the party’s origins are closely linked to the Avoidance of Discrimination Act of 1957, passed under Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s government, which outlawed political parties formed along ethnic, religious, or sectional lines. He said this principle was later reinforced in Article 55(4) of the 1992 Constitution.
Mr. Tampuli also traced the NPP’s evolution to a broad coalition of political movements, including the National Liberation Movement, the Northern People’s Party, the Togoland Congress, the Muslim Action Party, and the Ga Shifimo Kpee Party, which later came together under the United Party before evolving into the NPP.
He warned against attempts by what he described as “little minds” to misrepresent the party’s history or advance narrow agendas, insisting that the NPP would resist any effort to undermine its national character.
“The NPP is a national party and will continue to remain so, in line with the Constitution and the vision on which it was founded,” he said.
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