Mustapha Gbande, the Deputy General Secretary for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has warned the former Kumbungu MP, Ras Mubarak, and Thomas Worlanyo Tsekpo, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hohoe, following their social media comments.
Recall, Ras Mubarak bluntly told the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, not to hide behind his Thank you tour” to advance your premature presidential ambitions.
The former lawmaker highlighted that Asiedu Nketia is setting a dangerous precedent with his Thank You Tour across the country.
According to Ras Mubarak, never in the NDC’s history has a National Chairman after an election victory decided he is going on a “Thank You Tour”.
He emphasised that, thank you, tours are led by Presidential or Parliamentary candidates.
Ras Mubarak, in a post, wrote, “Thank you, tours are led by candidates (Presidential or Parliamentary candidates if it’s a constituency tour) who lead a party into an election in partnership with party executives.
Never throughout NDC’s history has a National Chairman after an NDC victory decided he is going on a “Thank You Tour” aside what the flag bearer in collaboration with the party has done or is doing”.
Ras Mubarak also accused Asiedu Nketia of creating an unnecessary distraction to the ruling NDC government.
“This is a dangerous precedent and an unnecessary distraction to the government. Nobody must be allowed to hide under a “Thank You Tour” to advance their premature presidential ambitions. It’s intolerable, and the Chairman must be bluntly told”, Ras Mubarak added.
However, taking to social media on September 17, 2025, Thomas Worlanyo Tsekpo stated, “Dear Comrade Ras Mubarak, I come in peace. If indeed the Chairman is acting wrongly, why not petition the General Secretary to suspend him? You and I know that the NDC is a democratic party, unless you think otherwise, my brother.
Why was there no complaint when the Chairman formed his campaign team and toured the country? Since when has a thank-you tour become a cardinal sin in our party?”
“What is wrong if the National Chairman and his team return to the same people they went to for votes, simply to express gratitude? Similarly, when Hon. Joseph Yamin and Mustapha Gbande recently embarked on regional tours to thank constituency executives, no objections were raised”.
Reacting to the brouhaha on Accra-based Asempa FM, Mustapha Gbande stated, “The needless distraction and the conversation around the Chief of Staff is doing this, and this one is doing that. There is no trouble in the NDC. Why are we inviting trouble? The two NDC Ras Mubarak and the MP, the next time they do that, we are going to invite them and reprimand them”.
He added, “We don’t run our party on social media. The MP who responded to Ras Mubarak does not understand communications better than the national chairman. This is what brings distraction. The General Secretary is alive and well; he is in charge of this party.
He has deputies, myself, Barbara, and we are in charge of this party, and we have a national organiser. If something is wrong, we will act upon it. It is not for you to be on social media without talking to your party leadership; you are determining what is legal and illegal. Is he a party officer? We don’t want the party to be rocked with needless destruction”.
The back and forth follows Johnson Asiedu Nketiah’s three-day tour, which was scheduled for September 17 to 19, 2025, and cover 16 constituencies in the Eastern Region.