{"id":114575,"date":"2015-05-07T19:34:23","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T19:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=114575"},"modified":"2015-05-07T19:34:23","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T19:34:23","slug":"npp-leaders-must-keep-quiet-and-stay-focused-fred-oware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/05\/npp-leaders-must-keep-quiet-and-stay-focused-fred-oware\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP leaders must keep quiet and stay focused – Fred Oware"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former vice chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Fred Oware has stated that \u00a0the seeming division in the party is being fueled by a lot misconceptions about certain individuals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there is just too much noise in the NPP at the moment and misconception. The issue isn\u2019t who is right or who is wrong or whether somebody should have done this or didn\u2019t do that but we just need to keep quiet and focus on the main agenda of the party,\u201d he advised.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”wJAjl7bwoj47VI8YsNklmcTjRpzDf5Tm”]The emergency steering committee meeting organized on Monday in the absence of the party\u2019s General Secretary, Kwabena Agyepong and party chairman, Paul Afoko has deepened perceptions of the existence of factions within the NPP.<\/p>\n

The NPP\u2019s first vice chairman, Freddie Blay who called the meeting denied usurping the powers of Paul Afoko.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

However, Kwabena Agyepong in a media interview on Thursday claimed that some party members were working to destroy his relationship with the NPP flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome people are bent on causing a rift between the two of us because they don\u2019t want us together so anytime they see that Nana Addo and I are getting close, then they start spreading lies about me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Agyepong said he was convinced that there are deliberate attempts to denigrate him and Paul Afoko<\/a><\/strong><\/span> saying, \u201csome people deliberately want to disgrace me and the party chairman because whatever is happening in the party, I don\u2019t understand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking on Eyewitness News<\/strong> however, Fred Oware was of the view that the current happening within the NPP is not \u201cany huge issue except that we seem to have taken our eyes off the ball which is doing the party\u2019s business towards the 2016 elections.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to him, the issue has been magnified in the media because \u201cwe are making it so otherwise the issues themselves are nothing for anybody to worry about. It can be dealt with internally.\u201d<\/p>\n

He argued that people take stance to express their opinion on issues; \u201cthey just want to speak their mind on any matter at all and if we allow this to continue, we will be speaking our minds up to the point where we wouldn\u2019t have any mind to speak.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do have some processes to deal with such issues. It\u2019s not every single matter that anyone of us should take to the radio station just so we are heard and we can then restate our position and exonerate ourselves from any accusation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fred Oware also denied the existence of factions in the NPP saying, \u201cwe have people taking positions on various issues but that doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that there is a rift between certain groups or whatever.\u201d<\/p>\n

He appealed to the party\u2019s national council to issue a statement on all current happenings at the moment \u201cand just ask all of us to be quiet to allow the national officers to work.\u201d<\/p>\n

He stressed that NPP members need to keep their eyes on the price [winning 2016 elections] \u201cand such bickering and noises will perhaps take us out of course and that is why I am saying this issue is not as big as what we should be doing towards 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n

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By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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