Following recent internal splits and disagreements that resulted in strife, the NDC’s Functional Executive Committee (FEC) has intervened to bring peace to the Techiman South Constituency in the Bono East Region.
The committee aimed to bring amicably solution to all disputes and to foster peace and unity among party members in the area.
Present at the meeting were the National Chairman of the NDC, Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, the General Secretary, Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the Rt. Hon. Edward Doe Adjaho, former Speaker of Parliament, the Chairman of the Bono East NDC Parliamentary caucus and MP for Pru East, Dr Kwabena Donkor, and the MP for Sene East, Mr Dominic Napare.
Other leading members of the NDC present at the meeting were the party’s 2020 National Campaign Chairman, Prof. Joshua Alabi, former Minister of Interior and Chief of Staff, Mr Prosper D.K Bani, Deputy General Secretary Mrs Faustina Nelson, Deputy National Organizer, Barbara Serwaa Asamoah, Mr Kobby Barlon and National Communication Officer, Mr Sammy Gyamfi.
After long-held discussions with constituency executives, the rank and file of the party in Techiman South, the NDC realised that issues of ethnocentrism that emerged in the run-up to the 2020 Parliamentary primaries and poor handling of same, lack of respect for the rules and structures of the party and mistrust and suspicion among party members in the region were the main causes of the misunderstanding.
The party hierarchy, therefore, condemned the said tribal and ethnocentric comments and advised all feuding factions to eschew and desist from such conduct that tends to denigrate the NDC.
The party again cautioned members against giving room to hearsay which is the vehicle to destabilize Techiman South Constituency in the 2024 elections.
In a statement released and signed by the General Secretary of the party, Mr Johnson Aseidu Nketiah said the allegations against the Bono East Regional Chairman, the Techiman South Constituency Chairman, the NDC’s 2020 Parliamentary Candidate for Techiman South and the Techiman South Constituency Women Organizer were false.
The national leadership of the party has placed a ban on public discussions on these matters and the circulation of audio recordings on issues about the Techiman South Constituency by executives and the rank and file of the party.
Again, the party urged NDC members in Techiman South to work together with a united sense of purpose and accord maximum respect to the regional secretariat of the party.
“It was unanimously resolved that anyone who breaches any of the resolutions and agreements of the party, including but not limited to the uttering of ethnocentric comments and unfounded allegations will be expelled from the party forthwith,’ the statement stated.
The party again in the interest of peace and unity reinstated the Constituency chairman effective August 16, 2022.
The statement further revealed as a way of tracking the resolved issues in the constituency has assigned a team led by Comrade Prof. Joshua Alabi to follow up on the implementation of these resolutions and ensure that lasting peace reigns at the Techiman South Constituency.
