The Yendi Constituency election of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been rescheduled for another date.
The decision was contained in a statement authored by the General Secretary of the party, John Boadu, dated April 27, 2022.
“Following concerns raised by some members of the party regarding the Yendi internal elections and related matters, which were brought to the attention of the National Steering Committee at its last meeting, the National Party, acting upon the authority of the National Steering Committee, after the necessary stakeholder engagements, is, by this statement, directing that, the Yendi Constituency Annual Delegates Conference, originally scheduled for Thursday, April 28, 2022, be rescheduled for the time being.
“This is to allow adequate time for the full implementation of the roadmap towards the conduct of the Constituency Annual Delegates Conference to, among other things, elect Constituency Executives, as agreed by the stakeholders, for amicable resolution of the issues at hand, in the interest of the party.”
The General Secretary called on all stakeholders in the matter to respect and fully abide by the agreed roadmap to pave way for the elections to be conducted on time, “and in line with the party’s rules and regulations.”
The party’s officers in the constituency had earlier called on the party’s National Election Committee to suspend the planned elections in the constituency following accusations of album manipulations.
The elections were scheduled to hold between Thursday, April 28, and Monday, May 2, 2022.
At a press conference on Sunday, April 24, 2022, the Yendi Constituency Chairman, Saddick Nam, said, “We are appealing to the party leadership to suspend the elections or change the electoral album. If nothing is done about the situation before the Election Day, we will take matters into our hands.”
Some party members also accused executives of giving preferential treatment in the distribution of the forms for the polling station elections in some constituencies, amongst others.
By A.R. Gomda