Haruna Iddrisu Fires Blistering Subtext at NDC Leadership Amid Northern Region Tour | Discuss Ghana

Exposing the unresolved, simmering friction at the highest levels of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), the Member of Parliament for Tamale South and Minister for Education, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, has fired a massive, unmistakable shot at the party's top brass.

The political lightning bolt was delivered in the Northern Region, just as NDC National Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketia wrapped up a highly scrutinized regional tour where he aggressively sought to justify the controversial 2023 ousting of Haruna's parliamentary leadership team.

The "Curtain Raiser" Subtext

While addressing a roaring home crowd of loyal constituents and regional party delegates, Haruna Iddrisu deliberately went off-script to contrast the current tour with past historical benchmarks.

Without directly mentioning Asiedu Nketia by name, the veteran lawmaker left absolutely no doubt as to who his sharp critique was aimed at, distinguishing a "proper" executive engagement from what he characterized as secondary pre-shows:

"I recall when President Mahama came for his proper thank you tour… not the other thank you tour which was just a curtain raiser. The people of the Northern Region know what is genuine, they know what real appreciation looks like, and they know the difference between leaders who value them and those who just come here to play semantic games."

The crowd inside the Tamale enclave erupted into wild cheers and synchronized chants at the statement, demonstrating that Haruna’s immense, unshakeable grassroots popularity in the North remains completely intact.

The Battle of Narratives: Nketia vs. Haruna

The Minister’s blistering comeback lands less than 24 hours after Chairman Asiedu Nketia—popularly known as "General Mosquito"—used his platform in Tamale to heavily defend the January 2023 parliamentary coup that axed Haruna Iddrisu and Muntaka Mubarak from the front bench.

Nketia had insisted to Northern stakeholders that the painful reshuffle was a cold, data-driven masterstroke that directly delivered the party's 2024 presidential victory and secured a legislative majority. To further defuse regional anger, Nketia even claimed that he personally petitioned President Mahama to appoint Haruna and Muntaka to powerful cabinet positions to ensure the North was not left behind.

Haruna's public dismissal of the Chairman's tour as a mere "curtain raiser" proves that the wounds of that 2023 boardroom execution have not healed, despite both men currently occupying powerful positions within the architecture of the Mahama administration.