{"id":52340,"date":"2014-09-30T10:58:37","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T10:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=52340"},"modified":"2014-09-30T14:13:18","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T14:13:18","slug":"court-orders-hoezame-to-use-npp-grievance-structures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/court-orders-hoezame-to-use-npp-grievance-structures\/","title":{"rendered":"Court orders Hoezame to use NPP grievance structures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Constituency chair of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), David Hoezame, has been ordered by an Accra Fast Track High Court to use the grievance channels within the party to resolve issues for which he dragged the party to court.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Hoezame was <a href=\"Hoezame is challenging the status of the national council of the party.\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>challenging the status of the party\u2019s national council<\/strong><\/span>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In his suit, he said the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/06\/19\/former-npp-chairman-sues-party\/\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\">current national executives had breached the NPP constitution<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0by purporting to call for and take part in the deliberations of the National Council without reconstituting it after they were elected into office in April 2014.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;B7MTsdnHVubjFabtR0adgsyI34P4E5jq&#8221;]The party had insisted Hoezame failed to adhere to the constitution of the NPP which states how grievances by members of the party should be dealt with.<\/p>\n<p>According to the NPP led by its lead counsel Godfred Dame, the case brought before the court\u00a0was frivolous and lacked merit.<\/p>\n<p>On his part, counsel for Mr. Hoezame, Peter Davies said his client \u201ccould not possibly have adhered to the provisions of the NPP\u2019s constitution because the party\u2019s national council which he is challenging hadn\u2019t being properly constituted.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>However, the court presided over by Justice Ofori Atta on Tuesday ordered Hoezame to use the party\u2019s structures to address his grievances.<\/p>\n<p>The court said if he uses those channels and he is still not happy, he could then return to court to seek redress.<\/p>\n<p>The court also awarded damages of GHC 1,000 against Mr. Hoezame.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Nana Agyeman Asante\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Constituency chair of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), David Hoezame, has been ordered by an Accra Fast Track High Court to use the grievance channels within the party to resolve issues for which he dragged the party to court. 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