NPP Must Separate Facts from Tribal Interpretations – Adomako Kissi

Former Anyaa Sowutuom MP, Dr. Dickson Adomako Kissi, has urged the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to carefully distinguish between data-driven political analysis and tribal or religious interpretations in its internal discourse.

Speaking on Channel One TV’s Breakfast Daily on Tuesday, August 26, Dr. Adomako Kissi dismissed suggestions that raising concerns about the Bawku conflict in relation to the party’s electoral performance amounts to ethnic or sectarian bias.

“Being candid and frank with data is not a sin. When you speak to data, you are not being tribalistic, and the religious thing didn’t matter here,” he emphasized.

His remarks follow the circulation of a controversial video in which NPP presidential hopeful, Dr. Bryan Acheampong, referenced the Bawku conflict while assessing the party’s electoral difficulties in the area. The video drew backlash, with the Northern NPP Concerned Youth Group accusing Dr. Acheampong of stoking ethnic tensions with divisive rhetoric.

Dr. Adomako Kissi, however, argued that Dr. Acheampong’s comments may have been misunderstood or misrepresented. He suggested that Acheampong’s broader point was that if the party’s flagbearer had hailed from a religious or ethnic background not linked to the Bawku conflict, the political outcome might have been different.

“This issue is very touchy, but I think it is misinformation either to Dr. Bawumia or a misunderstanding by virtue of the people who channelled the message to him,” he clarified.

He concluded by stressing that the NPP must separate candid, fact-based discussions from ethnic or religious interpretations if it hopes to make realistic electoral gains in the future.