The National Youth Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Salam Mustapha, has highlighted the anti-corruption credentials of the party’s flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
Mustapha emphasized that Dr. Bawumia’s commitment to transparency is evident through the accountability initiatives led by the Office of the Vice President to address public sector inefficiencies.
Speaking on a local media station in the Upper West Region during Dr. Bawumia’s campaign tour, Salam Mustapha, who served as Director of Programs and Events at the Office of the Vice President, affirmed his confidence in Bawumia’s anti-corruption efforts.
He challenged anyone who disagrees to provide evidence to the contrary.
“I am against corruption, and I am a firm advocate for the fight against corruption. I have worked with a man who is not corrupt, and that is why we have thrown the challenge that if anyone has any iota of truth that Dr. Bawumia is involved in any corrupt activity, let them bring it. And to date, of all the things they can say about Dr. Bawumia, they can’t say he is corrupt. Because that is not his nature,” he stated.
Salam Mustapha believes this sets Dr. Bawumia apart from NDC flagbearer John Mahama, who, in his view, has been implicated in corruption.
“He is the first president that has proof of corruption about him. And I am not the one saying it. The crown courts in London point to him as having been complicit in the Airbus scandal.
For him, he is super corrupt, he is fantastically corrupt, he is chronically corrupt, and he is overly corrupt. And I am not the one saying it. There is evidence of it on him,” the NPP youth organiser noted about John Mahama.
Salam Mustapha also challenged the recent polls conducted by UK-based Fitch Solutions, which placed President Mahama ahead with 54%.
He argued that Fitch’s report was unreliable because it partly depended on data from Global Info Analytics.
“It’s a lie. We have checked with Fitch. They have not done anything. They went and picked data from Musa Dankwah. He has never done any research that is accurate. I am a researcher. So I understand the tenets of research.
To say the NDC will win with 99% in Oforikrom is out of place. I don’t know which kind of research will bring this outcome?” Salam Mustapha said.
