‘NPP is an Akan party; we won’t allow a northerner to be our presidential candidate’ – MyJoyOnline

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The Amenfi East Constituency Treasurer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Isaac Buah, has been caught in a distasteful tribal commentary on the party’s presidential primaries.

In a viral audio circulating on social media and reposted by several media platforms, Isaac Buah, who has demonstrated support for businessman Kennedy Agyapong’s bid to lead the NPP and Ghana, is heard saying that the NPP will not allow a northerner to become its presidential candidate because the party “is Akan party.”

“NPP is Akan party,” he says, and urges that people must understand the party’s reality.

He served notice that this time, when they get down there (on the campaign trail), they are going to say it as it is- that the NPP is an Akan party, and there is no way a northerner would be allowed to lead it, insisting that the northerner leadership is the main problem in the party”, he added.

The constituency executive’s comments have since attracted widespread condemnation on social media, with many calling him out — along with the camp he supports — for promoting tribal divisions within the party.

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