Former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has called on members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to uphold discipline and unity as the party works to reorganize following its 2024 electoral defeat.
Addressing party delegates at the NPP’s National Annual Conference on Saturday, July 19, Dr Bawumia said an army that wants to win a battle must exercise discipline within its ranks in order to prevent its opponents from getting missiles to use against them.
The former flagbearer recollected how the NDC used some of the attacks on him by party folks during the 2024 campaign and called for a decorous campaign during the internal elections.
“An army that wants to win a battle must exercise discipline within its ranks. Too often, when we are yet to choose leaders, indiscipline, unacceptable language and unpardonable behaviors become the order of the day.
In the end when internal competitions are over, the attacks we would have launched on ourselves become fodder with which the other parties attack us. We experienced it the other time and we should not let it happen again second time,” he said.
Dr Mahamudu Bawumia used the opportunity to remind the party of the need for unity and reinvesting in the ties that bind the party.
“Our foundation and strength have always been in building a united party. We have been the part that has over the years built the broadest coalition of citizens. Not just to win but to govern,” he stated.