The leadership of the Constituency Chairmen Association of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has debunked the claims that the Constituency Chairmen across the country have received some cash from the Vice President.
Reports were trending that the Constituency Chairmen across the country have received an amount of GH₵100,000.00 and pick-up vehicles each from the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, to induce them to vote in his favour in the August 26, 2023, special delegates’ election.
However, in reaction to the allegations, the NPP Chairmen in a statement explained that “Unanimously and in all sincerity, we wish to state that the claims are false, baseless and calculated to soil our integrity as Constituency Chairmen who are working diligently across the country to ensure that a suitable Presidential Candidate among the four qualified candidates is elected to lead us to break the eight and continue with our unmatched and enviable record in the history of our country as a party in government”.
According to the party chairmen, “We further wish to assure Party executives from the National, Regional and Constituency levels, Polling Station Executives and the teeming members of the great Elephant Party across the 275 Constituencies that our integrity as constituency chairmen is intact and can never be sold for any amount of money or vehicles”.
Additionally, “we wish to state that we will never betray the confidence reposed in us, as Chairmen, considering that we pledged our loyalty and allegiance to the Party, and would therefore not misconduct ourselves in any manner contrary to the Constitution of our Party whatsoever”.
They further indicated: “We, therefore, urge the leadership of the Party from the National to the Polling Station level, all members, supporters, sympathizers and well-meaning Ghanaians to ignore the baseless and false claims and call on all Candidates to campaign on issues, devoid of insults, false claims and allegations, as such practices are inimical to the fortunes of our party and our quest to break the eight”.
“Again, we further wish to advise all the rank and file of the Party to stay united and focused and channel our strengths and energies to elect a Candidate among the four to lead us to win the general elections of 2024” the statement underscored.
-BY Daniel Bampoe