It appears the division witnessed in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Navrongo Central during the 2020 general election is deepening as a result of different camps. Four Executive members of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Navrongo Constituency were sacked from a party meeting, even after denying T&T meant for them during the Annual Party delegates Conference held on August 24, 2021. According to information gathered by Apexnewsgh.com, all the sacked 4 who believes they were embarrassed instead of giving them their T&T, were loyalists of the late former Member of Parliament for Navrongo Constituency Kofi Adda. The constituency Secretary Mr. Moses Amoah who is supposed to keep records in any organized institution as a secretary said, he was not even invited to the meeting. “The constituency held the annual delegate’s conference in Navrongo on 24th August and during the programme, the party sent {T&T} some money to be given to delegates. The polling station executives were supposed to receive Ghc 50.00 and the coordinators were to receive Ghc 100.00. So, the chairman and the other executives decide to deny some of the polling station executives and some of the electoral areas their money. They were denied their T&T for no reason. And they guys have followed up to take their monies and the chairman refused”. “So, they also wrote a petition and petition the regional executive committees to intervene and collect their monies for them and he still has a problem with that. So yesterday, they called a meeting between constituency executives, party elders, and patrons and electoral area coordinators, which I am not even aware of the meeting as the constituency secretary, the constituency organizer is not even aware of that meeting. And yesterday in that meeting, 4 of those area coordinators who were denied their monies were sacked to move out of the meeting. You can imagine, you denied them their monies, you said you won’t give them their monies and they petition the region to intervene and collect their money and you said No, they shouldn’t have even petition. So, that was the issue”. The constituency Secretary narrates to Apexnewsgh.com However, the Constituency Chairman Anthony Spinoza Mensah, denied the fact that he chased them away. “I didn’t even chase them, I had a meeting and they came uninvited then I gave them the courtesy when the meeting was about to start, then I asked that we have a meeting but I didn’t invite you then they left. The next moment they went to a radio station to discuss it so this morning they called me. And I told them we don’t discuss party issues on radio. If they know that I have actually asked them to leave the meeting they were not invited and if they want to clarify anything, they should come to me rather than radio. But I will forgive them because they don’t know what they are about”. He said “It was a particular meeting we were holding and the motive was how to re-organized the party”. Asking whether the re-organization meeting wasn’t supposed to involve all constituency party executives, Mr. Response was a Big ‘NO’ It was meant for some selected party members. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 0555568093.
NDC MP for Navrongo Central Sampson Tangombu Chiragia and NPP Navrongo Central Constituency Chairman Anthony Spinoza Mensah
NAVRONGO: Stop your ‘Amariya Kule’ (hide and seek) lifestyle against the people of Navrongo, be visible -NPP Chairman to NDC MP
The Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Navrongo Central Constituency of the Upper East Region Anthony Spinoza Mensah has advised the NDC MP for Navrongo Central Sampson Tangombu Chiragia to stop his ‘Amariya Kule’ (hide and seek) lifestyle against his own people. According to Mr. Mensah, the Member of Parliament elect for Navrongo Central Mr. Chiragia popularly known as STC is doing what he describes as Amariya Kule (hide and seek) meaning he the MP is running away from his 2020 promises to the people of Navrongo. Mr. Mensah told Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen of Apexnews Gh, that he as the Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party in the constituency now receive the pressure of addressing challenges bedeviling the ordinary youth of navrongo because he [Mensah] is seen more visible than the elected Member of Parliament who made a whole lot of empty promises to the youth and people of Navrongo. “He shouldn’t be like ‘Amariya kule’ he has won, he should come out, because he is supposed to work. He said, when he became an MP, he will let people join various services (Police, military, fire, and prison service) and now the people want to buy the form, at least he should give them money to buy the form. A form is Ghc 100.00, at least he can buy for 1000 or 500 people he can do that”. He said However, confirming the remarks by the NPP Constituency Chairman, Apexnews Gh sighted these few promises made by the now Navrongo Central Member of Parliament Sampson Tangombu Chiragia (STC) in June 2020 as part of his campaign messages to his people. However, responding to the call by the NPP Constituency Chairman, the ‘Amariya Kule’ Member of Parliament Mr. Chiragia as alleged by Mr. Mensah told Apexnews Gh that what he has witnessed so far, isn’t business as usual because the government of Akufo-Addo administration did not consider giving any protocol to the opposition MPs. He further accused the government of not releasing Common Fund for 4 quarters to enable him carry out most of his responsibilities as MP. “They don’t give protocol to opposition MPs, so what can opposition MP do? The Common Fund is in arrears for (4) four quarters. The government has not been able to appoint DCEs, the MP has no resources, is an opposition MP and the government has failed the people of Ghana for not releasing the Common Fund, making the whole hardship affecting everybody not me alone I cannot manufacture anything, I don’t hold the public purse is the government and if they leave government, he is the NPP Chairman who do they want the people to go to? He should give them the money because he also holds the money. DCEs are not in place, even if my Common Fund comes I can’t spend it and moreover the common Fund is not in. So, he cannot accuse the MP who cannot do anything”. He said Meanwhile, the MP further recounted some of his achievements so far in the constituency without any Common Fund. “He should understand that in my small way, I have been able to mobilize friends and they gave street lights, I have been able to organize computer training for 97 people, I have able to mobilize my friends to come and build a dressmaking center a capacity of 100 people to train them, I have sunk 7 boreholes without my Common Fund, that is what I have been able to do, the NPP Chairman is aware”. The MP recounts. Meanwhile, Mr. Mensah the NPP Constituency has argued that, when the MP was seriously making his promises to the people of Navrongo, he didn’t say he was going fullfill his promise based on the avalibilty of Common Fund. 1, “Let it reflect that when he the MP was promising he never said he was going to relay on common fund as a funding source. 2) Again the so called IT skilled, was targeted at University students who are computer illiterates . Now he the MP has brought the image of Navrongo down by training University students who are already computer literates . How can they be trained on the use of smart phones. 3) He should come home and make himself available to the masses”. Mr. Mensah stressed Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093









