By Dennis Peprah
Odomase (Bono), May 06, GNA – Mr Yaw Dabie Appiah Mensah, an elder of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bono Region has appealed to the high ranking and senior members of the party avoid petty squabbles that can potentially disintegrate supporters.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Odomase in the Sunyani West Constituency, he asked the party leadership to be proactive in tackling the “unpleasant issues,” that had been unfolding within the party after its 2024 Presidential Candidate undertook his nationwide “Thank you tour”.
Mr Mensah, said he was worried about the internal wrangling that had characterised the “thank you tour” of the former Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, stressing that if those unhealthy issues were left unresolved, they could tear the party apart and narrowed its political fortunes in the Election 2028.
“I believe Dr Bawumia initiated the thank you tour to unite and not to divide us. So, if we want him to lead us to electoral victory in 2028, then we must try and forgive each other’s offences and look ahead for that victory,” he stated.
\ He described a recent disagreement between Mr Kennedy Agyapong, a 2024 Presidential Aspirant of the party and Mr Kwame Baffoe, the Bono Regional Chairman of the NPP during the tour of the Vice President as unhealthy, urging the party leadership to resolve the discord.
Mr Mensah a former Organiser of the NPP in the then Brong-Ahafo Region underscored the need for every loyal supporter and member of the party to allow the interest of the NPP to overshadow their personal ambitions for the sake of the Election 2028.
He emphasised that internal party elections were always associated with factionalism, however “we don’t allow that to break our front,” saying it would be difficult for the party to regain political power in 2028 “we allow that to happen”.
“We should always remember that our political opponents are watching us and left to them alone, our great party is disintegrated.
In fact, we make the NPP and our great leader Dr Bawumia unpopular in the eyes of the masses if we are unable to resolve our differences,” Mr Mensah stated, pleading with disgruntled members and supporters to let the past go and look ahead to the future of the party.
Mr Mensah reminded supporters and members that the NPP had remained a strong party under a great elephant, for decades, and it was not the first time it had lost a General Election and will win again.
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