Upper East Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party Lawyer Anthony Namoo said, he only gave the communication team a piece of fatherly advice and do not handle party money as accused by one disgruntled Wilson Dabuo. Apexnewsgh.com report
According to the Regional Chairman, who was accused by a former member of the regional communication team Wilson Dabuo of collaborating with the Regional Communicator Director Sanusi Issah in making life difficult for communicators by way of squandering money meant for them. Lawyer Namoo said the allegation by the former communication member is baseless because as a party chairman, he doesn’t handle party money.
He spoke to Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen of Apexnewsgh.com exclusively.
“Communication Team money doesn’t come to my hand, it doesn’t come to the regional secretariat, and at the regional secretariat, the treasurer handles money. Money doesn’t keep long in my hand, if money comes to my hand the treasurer takes it. So, communication team money doesn’t come to me”.
“The phones Wilson talks about, I never even held the phones to myself. Somebody gave them 54 pieces of phones and as a regional chairman, myself and my executives suggested to them that once the base of the party is at the constituency, they should make sure that at least each constituency received 2 and that is 30 and then, the 24 left they can share it among the regional communication team. So, I don’t think this one is anything”. He said
“I remembered once telling them that, anytime somebody comes and give them substantial money, don’t share everything, you keep some for a rainy day and this was a piece of fatherly or brotherly advice. Like for example, somebody comes to greet and maybe say, take Ghc 20,000.00 and give to the communication team and they sit there and shared among themselves and I said, I know sometimes, it will take time for money to come so why can’t you keep like, if somebody comes and gives let’s say Ghc 20,000.00, you can keep Ghc 5,000.00 and share the rest. Later on, somebody may have a funeral, outdooring, or marriage ceremony and you use the same money to help yourselves but am not sure the advice was followed. He stated
Lawyer Namoo said, he is not the kind of person that is too hungry for money because he is pleased with what God has blessed him with.
Meanwhile, responding further to the allegation of changing the original phone brands donated by the Buffer Stock CEO to the regional communication team, Lawyer Namoo directed the accuser Wilson Dabuo to go back to his home town Upper West region and verify whether the phone brands were changed and not because same was donated to other regions of the north and not only Upper East.
“The Phone that the man gave the communication team was across the board, he gave some in Upper West, Upper East, Savanna and North East Region. So, they were the same type of phones, somebody is going to give you a phone and you don’t know the kind of phone the person is bringing, so were you going to mobilize phones of that quantity to change? Because, the phone was given in a programme in the full glare of all constituency executives, we were over 100 people and it was received and handed over to the communication team. If Wilson doubts to brand of the phone, he should go to his home town Upper West and find out whether it wasn’t the same phone he gave. Lawyer Namoo responded
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