A group calling itself the Coalition of Mamprugu Constituency Executives of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), have cautioned President John Dramani Mahama to desist from campaigning on tribal lines against the party’s running mate Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.<\/p>\n
This follows comments made by President Mahama on Tuesday, when he urged chiefs and people of the Mamprugu land in the Northern Region to ignore Dr. Bawumia<\/a>,<\/strong><\/span> who hails from the area, and massively vote for him at the 2016 polls.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”BjqnFyWVcPEh8If955dsEJiPGsnJ3BdG”]A\u00a0statement signed by Simon Ali, NPP Walewale Constituency Secretary, on behalf of his colleagues said the people of Mamprugu are well informed people hence will not vote on tribal lines.<\/p>\n \u201cThe coalition wishes to state that, the people of Mamprugu are descending and well-informed people, who do not vote on tribal lines but on achievements of governments, policies and programmes of political parties,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Hajia Alima blasts Mahama over tribal politics<\/strong><\/p>\n The opposition New Patriotic Party\u2019s (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for the Gambaga\/Nalerigu Constituency in the Northern Region, Hajia Alima Mahama, has also slammed\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/span>President Mahama following his call on Mamprusis to ignore the NPP\u2019s running mate, Dr. Mahamoud Bawumia, and vote for him at the 2016 polls.<\/p>\n Below is the full statement:<\/strong><\/p>\n STOP THE DIRTY TRIBAL POLITICS AGAINST BAWUMIA<\/strong><\/p>\n The Coaliation of Mamprugu Constituency Executives of the New Patriotic Party’s attention has been drawn to a dirty tribal political comment made by HE John Mahama during his recent so called accounting to the people tour of Mamprugu where is quoted by\u00a0citifmonline.com<\/strong>\u00a0calling on the people of Mamprugu to ‘ ignore Bawumia and vote for me’.<\/p>\n The coalition wishes to state that, the people of Mamprugu are descending and well informed people who do not vote on tribal lines but on achievements of governments,\u00a0policies and programmes of political parties.<\/p>\n The people of Mamprugu in voting may consider the track record of HE John Dramani Mahama abysmal\u00a0 record in government in the development of Northern Ghana in general\u00a0 and mamprugu in particular.<\/p>\n