Former Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has urged members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to conduct an issue-based campaign ahead of the party’s presidential primary in January 2026.

Speaking to the media on Wednesday, August 13, after receiving his nomination forms from over 400 youth organisers, including substantive and deputy constituency youth leaders from across the country, Dr Bawumia called on aspirants and their supporters to shun insults during the campaign.

“I want this flagbearership election to be conducted with decorum. We’re not in a campaign of insults, and we should not be in a campaign of insults. It should be about ideas. What ideas do we have? What are we bringing to the table? How are we going to solve the problems Ghanaians face? As a party, I admonish everybody, let us focus on selling our respective aspirants,” he stated.

Over 400 NPP youth organisers pick nomination forms for Bawumia

He noted that negative campaigning could damage the party and provide ammunition for its political opponents.

“When we bring down one another, we bring down the party. Our messages will be taken by our opponents, and they will use them against us,” he said.

He emphasised that he would not resort to personal attacks against his competitors, adding that unity is essential for the party’s success after the presidential primary.

“I will not, and you will never hear me insulting any aspirant. Because when this election is over, we have to contest a general election. Let us begin the process with unity and end with unity because that will bring victory in 2028,” he stated.

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