The Northern Region Minister, Mohammed Muniru Limina has denied declaring his plans to contest the Damongo parliamentary in the 2016 elections .<\/p>\n
He has also denied breaching Article 43 of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) constitution which bars party members from campaigning until the opening of nominations for potential candidates.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”MWPYgfSoQkJE3KlWUCBHWig4M7ZgH048″]\u201cI have not campaigned\u2026I have not campaigned. I am a Regional Minister for the Northern Region and I have every right to do my official business\u2026but I have not gone anywhere to campaign,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Damongo, Adam Mutawakilu is planning to drag the Regional Minister before the executives of the party for allegedly campaigning to contest his seat<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in the party\u2019s Parliamentary primaries.<\/p>\n The MP is alleging that the Minister made his intentions known when he visited the constituency over the weekend and met with some constituency executives.<\/p>\n He is asking for the Minister must be appropriately sanctioned<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Denying these allegations on Eyewitness News,<\/strong> Alhaji Limina admitted visiting Damongo to meet with the constituency executives after taking part in the National Sanitation Day (NSD) exercise.<\/p>\n He recalled interacting with the constituency executives \u201cand some of them wanted to know whether if I had the opportunity, will I want to come back and I said yes, I would want to come back when the time comes but I have not gone round to campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n Alhaji Limina was however quick to clarify that his actions do not amount breaching the NDC\u2019s constitution and further asked, \u201ceven if I told somebody, don\u2019t I have the right to speak?\u201d<\/p>\n Asked whether he intends to contest the parliamentary primaries of the NDC in the area, the Regional Minister said: \u201cWhen we get there, we will take decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n Damongo MP at fault<\/strong><\/p>\n The Northern Regional Minister faulted the sitting MP for discussing internal party issues with the media without first seeking redress with the leadership of the NDC.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t run the party in the media so if he thinks I have done anything that he is not happy with, he could have called me to find out as a colleague or report to the structures for them to look at it,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n He added that the NDC is a party which has standards of communication, a constitution and rules, therefore, \u201che should go to the party for the party to call me then we discuss this issue because these are internal issues.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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