Factionalism will break NPP apart - Bawumia

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice- Presidential Candidate for the New Patriotic Party in the 2012 general elections, has called on party supporters "never to speak ill of any fellow party member as that would only lead to cracks in the party".

“Factions which are built around personalities only mean that in the contest for power, some of the best talents would either choose to sit on the fence or be left out of the effort which would ultimately affect our chances in one way or the other. “The more united we are, the more competitive we will be”, Dr. Bawumia told party faithful in Ho, the Volta Regional capital, the final destination in the series of “Thank you tours” by the party .

Dr. Bawumia said that it was critical for the nation that the NPP assumes the helms of affairs in the country after the 2016 election, to end the unprecedented economic mismanagement and incompetence of the five year old NDC administration.

He noted that, for example, despite the huge resources available to the NDC government, including for the first time, resources from commercial oil production, the NDC administration had in just 5 years managed to quadruple Ghana’s total debt stock from independence to the end of 2008 when the NPP left power.

He said that the 15.6 billion Ghana cedis the NDC had added to Ghana’s debt over the last year, was much more than the GHc9 billion debt, accumulated from 1957 to 2008, the NDC inherited in 2009.

Chairman of the NPP, Jake Obetsebi–Lamptey also appealed to members of the Party to do everything within their ability to help unite the party.

He called on the members of the Party to be bold to call to order leaders whose supporters insult and concoct stories about other contenders, and let such leaders know that because of the conduct of their supporters, they will not be voted for.

He appealed to those who might be slighted in the public domain not to reply such insults with insults, but to ignore such insults and at best, correct the fabrications.

Contributing, various constituency executives thanked the leadership of the party for organizing the meeting to show their gratitude to them for their efforts. They thanked the leadership for also preaching unity and pledged to do their possible best to increase the NPP’s fortunes in the region.

During the meetings, the various constituency and regional executives were tasked to submit ideas, proposals and observations on the party, its organizational structure, campaign and whatever in their view the party should be doing or not doing in order to capture power in 2016.