Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, an aspiring First Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has said he is ready to be placed on the front lines of the party’s campaign ahead of the 2028 general election.
According to Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, he wants to be placed on the front lines of the 2028 election in order for him to be able to spit pure fire at the ruling NDC.
Speaking while filing his nomination on August 26, 2026, Mustapha Abdul-Hamid stated, “I want this party to put me on the front lines in 2028, and I shall spit pure fire at the NDC. That’s what I represent, Mr Chairman; that is what I represent,” he said.
“I carry everything that this party wants for 2028. I carry settler communities, I carry Zongo communities, I carry media people, I carry the intellectual class, I carry the youth of this country,” he stated.
Mustapha Abdul-Hamid further added, “I am going to be your universal First Vice Chairman. Mr Chairman, if I were a footballer, I would be called a utility player. Wherever you put me, I am going to play”.
In other news, Mustapha Hamid has dismissed claims that there is an agenda to Islamise Ghana by Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
According to Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia wants to serve, not promote an Islamic agenda.
Speaking at the Danquah Institute’s 2026 Liberty Lecture on Tuesday, August 25, Mr Hamid said, “When we see Bawumia, we should see a patriotic Ghanaian seeking an opportunity to serve, not an Islamic project.
If you allow yourself to cross the boundaries of people’s faith, you will find the humanity in people and the common humanity that binds all of us. There will undoubtedly be people willing to spend money and manufacture fear by claiming that a Bawumia presidency would turn Ghana into an Islamic state.
“…That suggestion is not merely false; it is an insult to our constitution, our history, and the good sense of Ghanaians.”
Mustapha Hamid also detailed that the voting patterns of Muslims in the 2024 general election demonstrate the country’s strong commitment to religious tolerance.
He detailed that if there were an agenda to turn Ghana into an Islamic state, the 2024 presidential candidacy of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia would have provided an opportunity for Muslims to rally behind him on religious grounds.
Mustapha Hamid highlighted that the failure of Muslims to vote tremendously for Dr Bawumia, despite being the first Muslim presidential candidate of a major political party, was evidence that religion did not determine their political choices.
He further added, “So, Mr Chairman, I want to ask, is there an agenda to Islamise Ghana? For me, it does not seem that from the political choices of Muslims in Ghana that there’s an agenda to Islamise Ghana”.
“If such an agenda existed, Mr Chairman, the candidacy of Mahamudu Bawumia would have been the catalyst, and his candidature would have been the opportunity for Muslims to rally around such an agenda, but they didn’t,” he said.
He further cited voting patterns in several Muslim-dominated constituencies as evidence that religious identity did not translate into political support.
“Choosing a presidential candidate who happened to be a Muslim in 2024 did not in any way turn the majority of Muslims in Ghana from voting for the NDC. In fact, the polling station near the Kumasi Central Mosque at Asawase did not vote for the NPP, even after Dr Bawumia refurbished the mosque and commissioned it in 2023”, he stated.
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“I want this party to put me on the frontline in 2028, and I shall spit pure fire towards the NDC.”
— SIKAOFFICIAL🦍 (@SIKAOFFICIAL1) August 26, 2026
—National First Vice Chairman aspirant, Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, makes a bold assertion as he officially files his nomination at the party’s headquarters.
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