The Member of Parliament for Bimbilla and former Minister for Defence, Dominic Nitiwul, has dismissed claims that support for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in Northern Ghana is driven by shared ethnicity, insisting that political backing in the region has always been based on competence and performance.
Speaking during Dr Bawumia’s visit to Yendi ahead of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential primary scheduled for January 31, 2026, Mr Nitiwul said history clearly shows that voters in the north do not support candidates simply because of where they come from.
“Since the beginning of Ghana, Northerners have never in their lives voted because the person comes from the north. Northerners, especially the UP and NPP, have never voted because the person is a northerner,” he stated.
To support his argument, Mr Nitiwul cited historical precedents, noting that the Northern People’s Party, despite having more Members of Parliament, supported Dr Kofi Abrefa Busia of the Ghana Congress Party to lead the opposition in Parliament.
