2024 NPP Parliamentary Candidate for Zebilla in the Upper East Region, Dr John Kingsley Krugu
The 2024 NPP Parliamentary Candidate for Zebilla in the Upper East Region, Dr John Kingsley Krugu, has expressed concern over individuals taking advantage of the Mamprusi–Kusasi crisis in Bawku to promote what he describes as divisive politics, particularly against former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
In an emotional article, Dr Krugu said he was worried about how some people are using Dr. Bawumia’s Mamprusi ethnicity to campaign against him, warning that such actions amount to hatred and risk deepening the existing crisis, which he described as “poisonous to the future.”
“Refusing to support Dr. Bawumia simply because he is a Mamprusi is not political wisdom, it is an emotional inheritance of hate. It keeps the Kusasi–Mamprusi divide alive and poisons the very future we claim to defend,” Dr Krugu wrote.
He added, “If any Kusasi chooses not to support Bawumia, let it be because of his policies, his vision, his integrity, his empathy or his accountability — not his tribe.
“The lazy excuse that ‘he is a Mamprusi’ is too shallow for a people as proud and intelligent as we are. It is also dangerous because it teaches our children to hate before they learn to think.”
While urging his fellow Kusasis to “stand firm on our self-determination as Kusasis,” Dr Krugu also strongly appealed against hatred.
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“Tribal hatred is not self-determination; it is slow suicide. It postpones today’s conflict for our children to fight tomorrow, only with sharper weapons and colder hearts.”
Below is the full article he shared:
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