The Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South Atta Akyea has called on the leadership of the New Patriotic Party(NPP) to crush\u00a0seeming\u00a0tensions\u00a0within the party.<\/p>\n
Commenting on the death of the party\u2019s Upper East Regional Chairman, Adam Mahama who died from an acid attack on Thursday, \u00a0Atta Akyea tasked leaders of the party not to only “contain the situation” but also educate party members to refrain from what he describes as an \u201cego fight.\u201d<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”0LAwcc2bEIIqn0U6j2Ch3Z7xMHoRPe5M”]He posited that those occupying various positions in the party should not serve their personal interest but that of the party.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Citi News<\/strong>, he said \u201cI do not understand why a general secretary or a chairman of the party should have a tiff with another serious member of the party. Is it a personal undertaking or we are looking at the bigger picture.<\/p>\n \u201cYou are not there as a Chairman of the party for its sake, you are not there as a General Secretary of the party for its sake. You are there to prosecute an agenda and that agenda is for the generality of the party and also by extension Ghana,\u201d said the MP.<\/p>\n He also\u00a0condemned the attack that killed Mr. Mahama, saying it is very alien to the NPP.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is very alien to the New Patriotic Party(NPP) and whoever is behind it with due respect, by my training as a lawyer, the security people should\u00a0 pick the individual up or if they are a group of persons in a conspiracy so that the law will have its full course.\u201d<\/p>\n He expressed fears that the current situation might prevent the NPP from wrestling power from the governing National Democratic Congress(NDC)<\/p>\n \u201cHow Ghanaians can trust us as a political party to rescue this nation from the misrule of the NDC. ..if people are in their individual turfs and they do not see the larger picture, its sad indeed. \u201c<\/p>\n Condolence<\/strong><\/p>\n The MP also extended his condolences to the family of the deceased saying \u201cmy heart goes out to the bereaved family. Someone might have lost a father and someone might have lost a son and I think the party too has lost a great man. My condolences are extended\u00a0 \u00a0to you people wherever you are.\u201d<\/p>\n He said the party will also support the family to finally bury the deceased.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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