Stop the infighting - NDC pressure group

Gaskia Club, a pressure group within the Nation Democratic Congress (NDC) on Tuesday reminded members of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party that they were not elected to struggle against each other for authority.

Members of the Ashanti Region branch of the Club called on the NEC members to keep faith with party members by swiftly resolving to patch their differences and work in harmony with each other.

This was contained in a statement issued by the club and read by its secretary, Mr Stephen Tambe Gyan, at a press conference in Kumasi on Tuesday.

The conference was used to state the displeasure of the club about the infighting and the divisions that have characterised the national leadership of the NDC.

"Failure of the national leaders to promptly heed to our plea to forge unity amongst themselves, we the Gaskia club will be justified in perceiving them as traitors who deceived us to vote for them only to destroy the NDC," the club warned.

The club advised members and sympathisers of the party against aligning themselves to personalities and factions within the NDC.

It was the conviction of members of the club that if NDC members remained neutral and refrained from the habit of demonstrating their support for certain personalities "and the so-called factions", the division within the party would cease.

The club also expressed its opposition to the idea of some members of the party resorting to the use of the media to launch attacks on other members of the NDC.

"The NDC's constitution has provisions for redress of grievances and these internal channels and avenues should be explored for resolution of all party differences", the club said.

The club members were not happy that since the NEC members were elected they had confined themselves to Accra and appealed to them to immediately tour all the regional secretariats and constituencies to educate the membership on their plans and vision.