Infighting in Upper West NPP deepens

The differences and infighting within the NPP in the Upper West Region have deepened, according to the Evening News, as two regional executive members of the party have dissociated themselves from the decision to nullify the Wa Central constituency elections by the regional executive.

The two, C.B. Gbeksture, first vice-regional chairman, and Lawrence Banyeh, regional youth organizer, are members of a group that passed a vote of no confidence in the regional chairman.

In a letter to the regional chairman and copied to the general secretary of the party among others, they stated that the NPP constitution does not allow any chairman to solely take decisions and repackage them for the general public as the collective wish of the entire executive.

They said, “we members of the regional executive are not privy to your decision and more so that NPP constitution does not empower any regional executive member to interfere and usurp the functions of the constituency executive to declare results of any congress null and void, especially in a situation where you in particular is an interested party.”

The statement noted that the Wa Central constituency had never held any congress since 1992 and fully endorse the action taken by the outgoing constituency organiser in calling for the congress and consequently the elections.