Effiduase-AsokoreNDC votes chairman out

Effiduase (Ashanti), 15 Feb '99 -

The Effiduase-Asokore Constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has passed a vote of no confidence in the constituency chairman, Alhaji Adamu Issa. The move, according to a statement issued and signed by the constituency vice-chairman, Mr Solomon Adjei Mensah, and three other executive members, "is the only option left to salvage the image of the party in the area". The other signatories to the statement are Mr Yaw Amofa, constituency youth organiser, Madam Serwaa Brogya, women's organiser and Mr Afram Boateng, propaganda secretary.

The statement accused Alhaji Issa of creating divisions within the party, saying, "anyone who does not approve of his agenda to remove the District Chief Executive" is branded an enemy. It catalogued instances where Alhaji Issa issued threats to some of the elected executive members in the area and warned the vice- chairman, for example, not to step into the constituency party office. "We cannot allow the chairman to continue to stay in office to ruin the party, bearing in mind the enormous task ahead of the party in the 2000 elections", it added.

Meanwhile, the two constituencies of the NDC in the Sekyere East District, have jointly denied having sent any petition to the National Headquarters of the party against the District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Kwame De-Graft Agyei. A press statement issued and signed by eight executive members of the party in the Kumawu and Effiduase-Asokore Constituencies said it is not true that the DCE had made any derogatory remarks against the NDC as contained in the Ghanaian Chronicle's publication of February 10, 1999. They maintained that Mr Agyei deserves commendation for working so hard to restore the image of the party, which had sunk very low due to the activities of Alhaji Issa, the Effiduase- Asokore Constituency chairman.