{"id":115703,"date":"2015-05-13T06:50:27","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T06:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=115703"},"modified":"2015-05-13T12:04:24","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T12:04:24","slug":"togbe-afede-rejects-ndc-cttee-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/05\/togbe-afede-rejects-ndc-cttee-position\/","title":{"rendered":"Togbe Afede rejects NDC committee position"},"content":{"rendered":"
The President of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs, XIV Togbe Afede has rejected his\u00a0appointment into the governing National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Economic Committee.<\/p>\n
He explained that he had to reject the offer because the Constitution and the Code of Ethics of the National House of Chiefs do not allow chiefs to be deeply involved in partisan politics.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”gW6ArXMclrshHhcHnZIdjo1LloYciheb”]The renowned businessman and traditional leader was named as a member of the Economic Committee of the party which is chaired by Vice President Kwesi Amisah Arthur at a ceremony on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The team is expected to strategize and oversee the financial activities of the governing party as the 2016 elections approaches.<\/p>\n
However in an interview with Citi News<\/strong>, the Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State\u00a0insisted he was surprised by the announcement because he refused the offer at the consultation stage.<\/p>\n “As you know the constitution bans chiefs from partcipating in politics and indeed the National House of Chiefs has adopted a code of conduct which excludes chiefs from participating in active politics. Someone tried to find out from me about my availability and I did point out this fact that chiefs are excluded from participating in partisan politics,”Togbe Afede explained.<\/p>\n