Carlos Ahenkorah, the parliamentary aspirant who was disqualified in the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) upcoming parliamentary primaries for the Tema West Constituency, has been cleared, sources close to the party have confirmed.
Some delegates claim his disqualification was masterminded by Naa Torshie Addo.
[contextly_sidebar id=”EhJQAE8bFZpt9QWO5NnrLC2JiTUH73KO”]However the Greater Accra Regional Chairman, Mr. Ishmeal Ashitey earlier told Citi News that Mr. Ahenkorah was disqualified for failing to nurture the party at the constituency level .
“In the case of Carlos, they say he has not nurtured the party at the constituency. I know he has nurtured the party itself at so many levels. But I am not a member of the constituency so that one I cannot tell. That is the reason why they decided to disqualify him,” Chairman Ashitey said.
Mr Ahenkorah debunked claims that he had not nurtured the party and listed his contribution to the party.
“My response was based on the fact that the nurturing that they have in the form does not necessary mean that you need to give money to the chairmen but whatever impact you make on the ground to improve the fortunes of the party.”
He explained that “my contribution in this constituency spans way back 1992, unfortunately these new people who are executives may not be able to know what I have done and they didn’t take their time to investigate to know who I was and what I have done for the constituency.”
Carlos Ahenkorah was tipped as one of the aspirants with the capacity to unseat incumbent NPP Member of Parliament for the area, Naa Torshie Addo.
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By: Marian Efe Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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