CITEG calls for neutrality in NPP’s 'Thank You' tour

A civil society organisation, Citizen Eye Ghana (CITEG), has accused the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of displaying bias in favour of Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia following the party's 2024 presidential primaries.
In a letter dated April 22, 2025, and addressed to NPP National Chairman Stephen Ntim, CITEG claimed that the party was compromising its neutrality by using official party platforms, branding, and resources to promote Dr Bawumia, even though the party has not yet formally declared an official presidential candidate.
"The NPP currently has no presidential candidate. Yet, through the packaging of this tour, the party appears to be unofficially crowning Bawumia as its chosen flagbearer," the letter stated.
CITEG raised concerns about the structure of the ongoing Thank You tour, arguing that it disproportionately centres on Dr Bawumia while sidelining other contenders from the 2024 race, such as Kennedy Agyapong and Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto.
"The use of the party's letterhead, platforms, and organisational structure to amplify one aspirant's visibility is inappropriate, unfair, and fundamentally undemocratic," the group asserted.
CITEG warned that such actions risk fracturing party unity and undermining the integrity of the NPP's internal democratic processes ahead of the 2028 elections.
The petition was also copied to former Presidents Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and John Agyekum Kufuor, members of the NPP Council of Elders, and notable aspirants from the party's recent presidential primary.
CITEG concluded by urging the party's leadership to serve as "neutral referees" rather than active participants in the flagbearer selection process, cautioning that any perception of bias "will be rejected by the people".
Source: classfmonline.com/Zita Okwang
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