NPP Orders Party Communicators to stop ‘Sexist’, Ethnocentric Politics

The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 2020 campaign team has admonished its communicators against attacking political opponents.

The NPP said such attitudes do not reflect the party’s ‘philosophy of positive engagement’.

This caution comes in the wake of criticisms of former President, John Dramani Mahama’s selection of Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang as his running mate.

Following her announcement as Mahama’s running mate, some assessments and attacks on Prof Opoku-Agyemang has been described as ‘sexist’ and untoward by the National Democratic Congress.

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Due to this, the NPP campaign team in a statement asked its communicators to make no reference to a political opponents’ ethnicity, gender or religion in their campaigns.

“We, therefore, urge all who speak for or purport to speak for the party to refrain from attacking political opponents. We specifically ask that no reference should ever be made to opponents’ ethnicity, religion or gender.”

They advised their communicators to speak on the NPP government’s achievement.

Below is the statement from the office of the NPP’s 2020 Campaign team 

CAMPAIGN ON OUR RECORD- NPP CAMPAIGN TEAM TO COMMUNICATORS

The President of the Republic of Ghana and presidential candidate of the NPP and the 2020 campaign team, wish to remind its faithfuls, that the party’s philosophy of positive engagement still holds valid.

We therefore urge all who speak for, or purport to speak for the party to refrain from attacking political opponents. We specifically ask that no reference should ever be made to opponents’ ethnicity, religion or gender.

We shall campaign on our record and win. Indeed, there is enough to speak about with regard to our record. We cannot beat our opponents in the politics of calumny. Let us therefore refrain.

SGN.
HON. DR. MUSTAPHA ABDUL-HAMID
DEPUTY MANAGER
NPP 2020 CAMPAIGN TEAM