The National Youth Organizer for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Salam Mustapha, has criticized the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for allegedly adopting NPP policies as their own.

His comments were in response to the NDC's recent promise to cover tuition fees for all first-year tertiary students if they are elected into office.

Mustapha argues that this idea was initially put forward by the NPP, and the NDC is now attempting to present it as their own initiative.

“They are taking from some of our policies and adding them to theirs. Bawumia said something in the past, and now they are also saying the same thing. I don’t have a problem if it’s going to help Ghana, which is what we are looking for,” he said.

During a Tuesday interview on Adom FM’s morning show, Dwaso Nsem, Mustapha expressed skepticism about the NDC’s ability to follow through on their promise.

He mentioned that the Ghana Student Loan Trust already exists to address such financial needs, implying that the NDC's proposal is neither groundbreaking nor innovative.

He further criticized the NDC's plan, suggesting that it might be more about winning votes than genuine concern for students.

“But if you didn’t initiate something yourself, it is very difficult to implement it, and that is the problem with the NDC. If they are giving a loan to students to pay their fees, then everyone can go for a loan to pay their fees.

“There is the Ghana Student Loan Trust, so it is not a new thing. This seems like a vote-buying gimmick because they don’t have any genuine intention. There is no integrity in the things that they say,” he added.