{"id":268606,"date":"2016-11-15T15:30:48","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T15:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=268606"},"modified":"2016-11-15T15:30:48","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T15:30:48","slug":"new-juaben-south-mp-boycotts-ncce-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/new-juaben-south-mp-boycotts-ncce-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"New Juaben South MP boycotts NCCE debate"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Member of Parliament for New Juaben South, Hon. Mark Asibey Yeboah, failed to appear at a parliamentary debate which was organized by the Eastern Regional Branch of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), at Appenteng Hall in Koforidua.<\/p>\n
The debate, which is being organized by the NCCE all over the country, aimed at deepening and involving the citizenry in active participation of democracy was not well attended.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”XXOmptSf7TFySlRc9xDvOWNNby7CyfOK”]Naomi Owusu Sekyere, the CPP parliamentary candidate, and Ransford Owusu Boakye, the NDC parliamentary candidate for New Juaben South Constituency, took part in the parliamentary debate, while their opponents from the other side, Nana Oboadie of the PNC, and the incumbent MP, Mark Asibey Yeboah of the NPP, were missing in action.<\/p>\n
In an interview with Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0on why the MP and the PNC candidates did not show up, Mr. Paul Narh Lawer, the Municipal Director of the NCCE, said, “we have\u00a0 been in contact with the NPP secretariat all along; but they called us this morning to inform us that an order from above says they (NPP) should not participate in any NCCE programme.”<\/p>\n He added that “So I told my people that we should hold on and hope they come; but as you can see, the MP and his followers did not show up. The\u00a0PNC candidate assured us he will be coming; but it’s unfortunate we lost contact with him and we do not know why he also failed to honour our invitation”<\/p>\n The NDC parliamentary candidate for New Juaben South, Ransford Owusu Boakye, who was disappointed about the incumbent MP’s absence, said the MP is not accessible to the people, and that is the reason why he will lose the election.<\/p>\n