NPP Chairman Launches Scathing Attack on Muslim Clerics Over Party’s 2024 Defeat
Almost 11 months after losing power, the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) appears to still be struggling with the reality of life in opposition.
Some national executives and former appointees of the party continue to publicly express their frustrations – with the latest being the NPP’s 3rd National Vice Chairman, Alhaji Masawud Osman, popularly known as Chairman Buga (Alhaji Buga).
In a viral TikTok video, Alhaji Buga launched a furious attack on some respected Muslim clerics, accusing them of contributing to the NPP’s defeat in the 2024 general elections.
Speaking in Hausa, the NPP executive named Sheikh Fofana Iddriss, Sheikh Mohammed Kamil Mohammed and Sheikh Kalusha, alleging that the three openly condemned the Akufo-Addo administration over the LGBTQ+ debate prior to the elections – a development he claims affected the party’s fortunes in Zongo communities and drastically reduced votes for the NPP.
Alhaji Buga went as far as invoking curses and raining unprintable insults on the clerics, describing them as part of the reason the NPP was voted out.
He further challenged the Muslim leaders to be bold and criticize the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) over the delay in passing the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill.
Meanwhile, parliamentary records indicate that the Bill, widely known as the anti-LGBTQ+ Bill, is currently before the House but is yet to be relaid.
The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, recently clarified that the Bill passed by the 8th Parliament in February 2024 expired at the end of that Parliament because it was not assented to by former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo before January 2025.
According to the Speaker, under parliamentary procedure, any bill that is not signed into law before the dissolution of a Parliament lapses automatically and must be reintroduced and processed afresh by the succeeding Parliament – in this case, the 9th Parliament.
A group of 10 MPs has since re-submitted the ‘controversial’ Bill, which among other provisions, proposes a three-year jail term for persons who identify as gay and between five to ten years for individuals who promote or advocate LGBT activities.