Kufuor calls for calm in NPP

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has expressed his sadness and deep worry over happenings in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) following the death of Alhaji Adams Mahama, the Upper East Regional Chairman of the party.

The former President, who has been abroad over the period because of prior-arranged engagements, yesterday reiterated the need for calm and circumspection in the affairs of the party. 

He cautioned party members against acrimonious accusations in the media, which he said would only serve to further divide the party’s ranks and allow its detractors to infiltrate.

A statement signed by his spokesperson, Mr Frank Agyekum, and issued in Accra said the former President had been engaging the rank and file of the party on the phone on the ongoing wrangling. 

It said Mr Kufuor expected the NPP to unite, not only for its own good but also for that of the entire nation that was looking up to the party as the alternative government.

“He finds it disquieting that issues that must be resolved in accordance with laid down procedures of the party’s constitution are constantly being discussed in the media, without regard to the overall effect on its fortunes.

“The painful and untimely passing away of Alhaji Mahama should be used to unite the party and not tear it apart,” it noted, and added that “the national investigative system that has already taken charge of the process be allowed to work, rather than the party seeming to preempt the outcome”.