The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo will today [Friday] speak for the first time on recent in-fighting within the party.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”ppFULwle8Piub4QFZfG0HeGmkL0G3XeY”]Pressure has been mounting on Nana Addo to publicly speak on recent events within the party following calls for the<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>National Chairman Paul Afoko and General Secretary Kwabena Agyepong to step aside.<\/p>\n Today’s press conference will also focus on the decision by the party’s security to prevent some party officers<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>from entering the party’s headquarters.<\/p>\n He is also expected to touch on the party’s impending parliamentary primaries.<\/p>\n Afoko and Kwabena hold meeting in Kumasi<\/strong><\/p>\n Meanwhile Afoko and Agyepong on Thursday held a crunch meeting with constituency chairmen in the Ashanti Region in a bid to court their support.<\/p>\n This comes on the back of a failed Ashanti Regional NPP meeting to decide the fate of the two party leaders.<\/p>\n Citi News\u2019<\/strong> Ashanti Regional correspondent Hawa Iddrisu who was at the venue where the meeting was held reported that “the meeting was held behind closed doors with a team of Police men and well built men guarding the entrance of the hotel [venue for meeting]”<\/p>\n According to her “none of the executives were also present at the meeting.”<\/p>\n We weren’t aware of meeting – Sam Payne\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n In a related development the party’s Ashanti Regional Secretary, Samuel Payne has said the regional executives were not aware of the meeting held by Afoko and Agyepong with constituency chairmen.<\/p>\n “As far as I was not consulted and my Regional Chairman too was not consulted,” said Payne.<\/p>\n That notwithstanding, Payne told Citi News<\/strong> that 35 constituencies have overwhelmingly voted to support the calls for the two national officers to step aside.<\/p>\n “Majority of those who submitted their proposal asked the National Chairman and the General Secretary to step aside for peace and tranquillity to prevail.”<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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