The Member of Parliament for Gushegu, Hassan Tampuli, has reiterated the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) commitment to national unity and inclusiveness, cautioning against narratives that seek to portray the party as aligned with any particular ethnic or religious group.

Addressing party supporters in Gushegu at a political engagement in support of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s presidential bid, Mr Tampuli stressed that the NPP was founded on principles that reject sectionalism and promote broad national participation.

He noted that Ghana’s political tradition and constitutional order expressly prohibit discrimination based on tribe, religion or region, adding that the ideological foundations of the NPP are firmly rooted in these values.

According to the Gushegu MP, the party’s origins are closely linked to the Avoidance of Discrimination Act of 1957, passed under the government of Dr Kwame Nkrumah, which outlawed political parties formed along ethnic, religious or sectional lines.

He said this principle was later reinforced in Article 55(4) of the 1992 Constitution.

Mr Tampuli further traced the NPP’s evolution to a broad coalition of political movements, including the National Liberation Movement, the Northern People’s Party, the Togoland Congress, the Muslim Action Party and the Ga Shifimo Kpee Party, which later came together under the United Party before evolving into the NPP.

He warned against what he described as attempts by “little minds” to misrepresent the party’s history or advance narrow agendas, insisting that the NPP would resist any effort to undermine its national character.

“The NPP is a national party and will continue to remain so, in line with the Constitution and the vision on which it was founded,” he said.