There are mixed reactions to the Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugri Naabu’s call for investigations to smoke out eight delegates who voted against Nana Akuffo Addo at the regional super delegates’ congress held in Tamale.
Whilst some party supporters have welcomed his call, others have described it as misplaced.
The Regional Chairman, Daniel Bugri Naabu in a live interview on Citi FM claimed all delegates in the region pledged to vote for Nana Akuffo Addo ahead of the super delegates’ congress.
He could not understand why eight out of the 71 rescinded their decision on the day of the polls.
This according to him informed his decision to set up a special committee to smoke out all those who voted against Nana Akuffo Addo in the region.
[contextly_sidebar id=”CqgJ1CnVWHr0umkYaAMHqbLE4W91HlHh”]The NPP Northern Regional Communications Director, Mohammed Abdul Kudus is one of those who have openly disagreed with Daniel Bugri Naabu’s call.
He dismissed the regional Chairman’s allegation that all delegates in the region swore either the Bible or the Qur’an to vote for Nana Akuffo Addo enbloc.
Bugri Naabu in the said interview on Eye Witness News said: “I was voted by popular majority in the party so if I want to do my thing, who can stop me by saying that what I am doing is not right? I am the chairman of the region and any person I think is doing something wrong, I can penalize them because I have that mandate…I have the right to discipline any officer who goes against my wish,” he remarked.
Nana Ohene Ntow, the spokesperson for Alan Kyeremanten, who is Nana Addo’s closest contender expressed shock at the comments from the regional chairman and said they would lodge a complaint with the national executives to investigate.
By: Karim Naagtogmah/citifmonline.com/Ghana