As the New Patriotic Party\u00a0 (NPP)\u00a0 gears up for its national delegates\u2019 conference next week, some of its parliamentary candidates in the 2012 elections are warning the campaign team of Paul Afoko, one of the aspirants for the chairmanship slot to desist from dragging their names into the mud for his political gains.<\/p>\n
According to the group, Mr. Afoko\u2019s campaign team is peddling false claims that he sponsored their campaigns in their various constituencies with each receiving between GHC 3,500 and GHC 100,000 in the 2012 parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n
The NPP parliamentary candidate for the Wa central in 2012, Mr. Issahaku Tahiru speaking for his colleagues in Tamale central and Kumbungu in the Northern region, Zebila in the Upper East and Sissala East of the Upper West region described the situation as worrying, adding that its adversely affecting their political carriers as young and up-coming politicians.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is going on is affecting my reputation as a person and as a leader of our party in the Wa central. For us, to have a united front I think it is good that this issue is cleared once and for all,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mr. Tahiru said this is the time to be united as a political party but that the allegation is rather causing rancor and widespread suspicion in their various constituencies saying, \u201cthis is issue has gone far and it\u2019s creating a lot of divisions at the grass root level.\u201d<\/p>\n
The group advised Mr. Afoko to tell his men to retract the comments to save his reputation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey will be putting their own reputation on the balance of they fail to retract their comments. Leadership is about integrity and if your integrity is questioned I don\u2019t think u can be a leader. So Mr. Afoko should clear his name.\u201d<\/p>\n
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By: Mahama Latif\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As the New Patriotic Party\u00a0 (NPP)\u00a0 gears up for its national delegates\u2019 conference next week, some of its parliamentary candidates in the 2012 elections are warning the campaign team of Paul Afoko, one of the aspirants for the chairmanship slot to desist from dragging their names into the mud for his political gains. According to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":69,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[56],"yoast_head":"\n