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 brand the party as tribal or religious in character.
Addressing party supporters in Gushegu during a political engagement in support of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s presidential bid, Mr Tampuli stressed that the NPP was founded on principles that reject discrimination and promote broad-based national participation.
He explained that Ghana’s political tradition and constitutional framework expressly prohibit political organisation along ethnic, religious, or regional lines, noting that the NPP’s ideological foundations are deeply rooted in these democratic values.
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According to the Gushegu MP, the party’s historical roots are closely tied to the Avoidance of Discrimination Act of 1957, enacted under the government of Dr Kwame Nkrumah, which outlawed political parties formed on sectional, ethnic, or religious bases.
He added that this principle was later entrenched in Article 55(4) of the 1992 Constitution, reinforcing the country’s commitment to inclusive, national politics.
Mr Tampuli further traced the evolution of the NPP to a broad coalition of political traditions and movements, including the National Liberation Movement, the Northern People’s Party, the Togoland Congress, the Muslim Action Party, and the Ga Shifimo Kpee Party. These groups, he noted, later united under the United Party before evolving into the present-day NPP.
He cautioned against what he described as deliberate attempts by “little minds” to distort the party’s history or advance narrow, divisive agendas, stressing that the NPP would firmly resist any effort to undermine its national character.
“The NPP is a national party and will continue to remain so, in accordance with the Constitution and the vision upon which it was founded,” Mr Tampuli stated.