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Kwabena Agyepong, Presidential aspirant and former General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party, has condemned the act where civil servants like Chief Executive Officers of State agencies have involved themselves in endorsing his competitors in the lead-up to the NPP Presidential primaries.
Mr. Agyapong found it distasteful and displeasing to the NPP and the entire nation for a person appointed into civil office to publicly declare support for a particular candidate.
"We cannot overly politicize this country to the detriment of the development of our country, Ghana," he cautioned.
The NPP Presidential aspirant declined to mention specific names, however, it could be recalled that the Chief Executive Officer of the National Lottery Authority (NLA), Sammy Awuku, weeks ago picked nomination forms on behalf of Vice President of the Republic, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who is contesting the flagbearership of the NPP.
This act by Sammy Awuku is seen to be his endorsement for Dr. Bawumia to lead the New Patriotic Party into the 2024 elections.
To Kwabena Agyapong, these things cause divisions within the party.
" . . it is not healthy for the party," he stated, adding "it's not possible that you have a Chief of Staff who is the anchorman at the Presidency. He holds the stick, the enforcer, that is the role of the Chief of Staff and you can have all these CEOs being roled out openly endorsing one candidate".
"This creates apathy and dissent that, if care is not taken and the election doesn't go well, some people misbehave," he stressed.
"We all have a responsibility to change things so that the party people will feel enabled and have that enthusiasm to move from house to house, working hard to help the party," he appealed to the party leaders.
Mr. Agyapong charged the party members and supporters to realize the power they have stressing "the future of this country and the future of our party resides in their bosom".
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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This man is eloquent and even if you don’t agree with him you can’t deny the fact that he’s extremely intelligent, talented, gifted and convincing. Period. I support Bawumia’s leadership anyway.
We should listen to what Kwabena said in good faith. He means well for the Npp. Once a general secretary and one of the youngest founding members he really loves the grand old party. I am happy for how he told the world that it is not true that Kennedy Agyapong gave the Npp 3 million in 1992. He really proved that it was not true and even told the people of Ghana that the biggest donation Npp had was 25,000 thousand dollars from an individual. I personally don’t think Kennedy Agyapong was in the position to offer the Npp 3 million dollars in 1992. The truth must always be told.
The CEOs break no law. If anyone endorse you, you can ask the person to take his or her endorsement away.
You would have kept quiet if any was endorsing you. Who is endorsing you by the way? Just disturbing the air space!