The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has finally yielded to the pressure of party activists to suspend one of its top members, Bernard Allotey Jacobs.
Mr Allotey Jacobs was the party’s immediate past Central regional chairman.
A statement purportedly signed by the NDC’s national chairman, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, on May 6, 2020, says Mr Allotey Jacobs was suspended pursuant to Article 46 (1) and 46 (6) and 46 (8) (b) of the Party’s constitution.
The statement says his suspension was based on what it termed“persistent anti-party conduct,” indicating that the decision to suspend him was taken at a National Executive Meeting held on Wednesday, May 6, 2020.
Allotey Jacobs’ suspension, the letter says has been referred to the disciplinary committee of the party for further action.
The immediate past Central regional chairman of the opposition NDC has been on the radar of party activists who are calling for his head.
According to DGN Online sources, the immediate trigger of the suspension was when Chairman Allotey Jacobs, as he is fondly called, said on Peace Fm this morning that Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has become a hard nut to crack for the NDC.
He added that the NDC must thus get the few super-intelligent and matured politicians in the party to stand up to the Vice President and not the plethora of cacophonic rebuttals from the communications neophytes anytime Dr. Bawumia speaks.
The NDC had earlier today boycotted the Peace Fm platform citing the presence of Allotey Jacobs.
One of the NDC activists calling on the party leadership to crack the whip on the former Central regional chairman is Abass Fuseini Sbaabe, former Fanteakwa District Chief Executive who indicated on a Facebook post that the party must not drag its feet in dislodging Allotey Jacobs.
“A scrotum that can develop into hernia could be identified from the onset. We have people who are angry with the system but are still sticking to the party. I have no qualms with people who take their party on from time to time to call it’s attention to what is not working.
My worry is with those who are sharpening daggers and giving them to our opponents to stab the NDC party. This election is not any other election. We treat betrayers with kids’ gloves to the chagrin of the fortunes of the party at the polls.
The NDC is used to pampering people too much and this has been our bane. What prevents us from firing the likes of Allotey Jacobs from the NDC? His comments hurt the NDC insidiously”, he wrote.
A day after the post, Mr Ofosu Ampofo struck with the suspension letter.
Source: Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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Excellent words of wisdom from Kofi Sammy not that person "Bd" who thinks Ghana politics is still about the one who can insult and do propaganda better. Most of the hard core NDC people think the educational demographics of Ghana is still the same. By the time they get Allotey's argument it will be too late and the NDC may not be able to re-brand itself again.
WONDERS SHALL NEVER END.I THOUGHT A MEANINGFUL PERSON WILL SIGN ALLOTEY JOCOBS SUSPENSION letter,TO MY DISMAY THIS SHAMEFUL PENTECOST ELDER-OFOSU AMPOFO. WE,VE GOT ENOUGH FROM YOU SO PLEASE WITHDRAW IT WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT.YOU HAVEN,T FINISH SERVING YOUR SENTENCE AT NSAWAM PRISONS.; NOW YOU ARE POINTING ACCUSED FINGER AT an INNOCENT MAN.DA-MN YOU CRO-OKED CR-OO-K , DAY LIGHT ANGEL.THANK GOD THAT THE PENTECOST CHURCH STILL KEEP YOU AS THEIR ELDER-NO WONDER.WHY NOT LEAVE IT FOR MR.KNOW all LAWYER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO SAMMY GYAMFI?
The ndc should have done this long time but it is equally good as for not taking part of dat uselessssssss morning should is a wise decision I don't know de last time I listen to dat show because is the most folishhhhhhhhh show in ghana today now allotey should be treated as npp member and if he attacked ndc he should not be spared by de ndc at alll old fooolllllllllll
I may not have the full details of Allotey's misdeeds against the NDC but if his suspension is based on comments made on Peace FM's Krokokoo show, then I can tell you that the party would fine it difficult to win people with discerning minds. Allotey does not condemn his party but rather elements within who are making the party unpopular. I vividly remember Asiedu Nketia in an interview on Joy News in March 2017 advising the party to change its strategy of targeting only the lower class of the voting populace. His argument was simple, there has been a change in the demographic distribution of the population. Gradually the middle class is increasing at the expense of the lower class. People now are becoming more interested in policies for development rather than mere love for a particular political party or personality. NDC risks losing a chank of the middle and upper class if one can't speak his mind openly but would be whipped to think the same as party leadership whether good or bad. A word to the wise is enough.