Deputy National Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kamal-Deen Abdulai, has cautioned supporters of the party’s presidential hopefuls to be measured in their language as internal campaigns intensify.
His comments follow a meeting between former president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the five presidential aspirants on Tuesday, October 22, 2025.
Speaking on Breakfast Daily on Channel One TV on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, Mr Abdulai, who described supporters as “more of the problem,” urged them to make utterances that would advance the party’s interests rather than resort to insults.
“We, the followers, are even more of the problem. If you feel you support someone, any language that you are going to bring out, let that language be towards the development of the party and help your candidate win it. The insults will not help,” he said.
He stressed that a clean and issue-based campaign would strengthen the NPP’s unity and position it for victory in the 2028 general elections.
“The castigating of each other will never help, and I think at the end of the day, when we all do this, we will all play a role in building the party and making sure that this 2028 that they see as a mirage for us will rather be the return point of the NPP,” he added.
Former president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo convened the meeting with the aspirants and key party leaders to foster cohesion ahead of the January 31, 2026, presidential primaries. He urged the aspirants to run issue-based campaigns and maintain mutual respect.
In response, the five aspirants pledged to conduct their campaigns with decorum and to rally behind whoever emerges as flagbearer to ensure party unity after the primaries.
