President John Dramani Mahama has\u00a0ridiculed the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) over the current standoff in the party following the suspension of its National Chairman, Paul Afoko.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne mark of competent leadership is to manage and unite people. The NPP should learn this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
President Mahama made the comment in the Volta Region where he ended his #ChangingLives #TransformingGhana tour.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”rBnnXtLY2TRJwXMmriAllmHU5HVpkgsh”]The NPP\u2019s first Vice Chair, Freddie Blay was elevated to the position of acting Chairman, following the suspension of Paul Afoko.<\/p>\n
Mr. Afoko, who has contended his suspension announced that he would challenge the party\u2019s decision at a press conference on Wednesday .<\/p>\n
Addressing NDC members in the Volta Region, President Mahama wondered why Freddie Blay also held a press conference on the same day to respond to his [Mahama’s] criticism of NPP\u2019s Vice Presidential Candidate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, instead of focusing on the internal troubles.<\/p>\n
Rabbit press confab<\/strong><\/p>\n President Mahama further admonished Freddie Blay to focus on uniting the NPP instead of organizing what he described as \u201crabbit press conferences.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOn the day that \u2018Opana\u2019 was doing press conference to respond to me, someone else was doing press conference saying I am the chairman. Who is the chairman? Right now I don\u2019t know who to address. One says I\u2019m the acting chairman, another says I am still the chairman.\u201d<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n