News:
August 12, 2011
The Member of Parliament for Ahafo Ano South, Stephen Balado Manu has urged disgruntled members of the Ablekuma North Constituency of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to channel their grievances through the party structures.
Issues unsettled in the Ablekuma North Constituency of the NPP incensed some aggrieved members who demonstrated on Thursday when the Presidential candidate of the NPP Nana Akufo-Addo visited the constituency as part of his Listening Tour ahead of the 2012 general elections.
The group has called for the immediate removal of their Member of Parliament (MP), Justice Joe Appiah who according to them is ineffective and cannot retain the Ablekuma North seat for the NPP in 2012.
The polling station chairman for Odorkor Pentecost electoral area, Abubakari Brimah who led the group decided to demonstrate during Nana Akufo-Addo’s visit to the constituency to present a petition on the conduct of the MP.
According to him, he was shocked when some party executives prevented them from meeting the Nana Akufo Addo who was on a listening campaign tour since they had petitioned the national and regional executives, council of elders of the party about the conduct of the Member of Parliament to no avail.
He cautioned that the MP’s conduct would adversely affect Nana Akufo-Addo’s chances of becoming president and would also cause the NPP the Ablekuma North constituency seat to the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) if immediate measures are not taken.
However speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen programme Thursday 11th August 2011, Balado Manu cautioned members in Ablekuma North constituency about the consequences of internal party wrangling, a situation which he said cost the NPP dearly in the 2008 general elections.
He called for a concerted effort from all NPP members to support the flag-bearer and work hard to wrestle power from the NDC in 2012.
Hon. Balado Manu said the demonstration by the aggrieved members to present their petition to Nana Akufo-Addo was unacceptable and against the party’s rules and regulations and advised that they use the appropriate channels to get the concerns known, which he believed would be addressed.
By : Kwadwo Anim/ghanamps.gov.gh