Professor Mike Oquaye is a former Speaker of Parliament and a leading member of NPP
Former Speaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Oquaye has urged the New Patriotic Party to reject aspirants who work against the interest of the party.
Speaking at the launch of the NPP’s Patriotic Institute in Accra last week, Prof Oquaye expressed concerns about the way and manner some party’s flagbearer hopefuls are campaigning which, he noted, is creating disunity in the party.
“Anybody who works against the interest of the party, must be excused. Any man or woman, now or forever, who works against the established principle, will not be doing us any good,” he said.
The established principle, Prof Mike Oquaye explained, is campaigning decently and showing mutual respect to fellow aspirants as well as upholding the interest of the party.
“If we should do that, this party will be successful,” Prof Oquaye opined.
He further cautioned the party against the dangers of disunity, referencing the party’s history.
“I want to remind you about the cost of disunity. Our party, the year 1979, when we had the elections that brought Liman of the PNP to power, was divided into PFP and UMC.”
“I wrote a book on this. You only have to know JSS arithmetic and put the figures together and you would realise that the election was cool chop for the Dankwa Busia tradition but we decided to fight among ourselves and we lost the election,” he recalled and admonished the NPP to reject those who sow discord in the party.
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