Three NDC Members of Parliament to resign - NPP Organizer

The National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party, Mr Lord Commey says has information that three members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) would be resigning from Parliament before the end of the year but declined to mention their names.

Mr Commey said this at a meeting with polling station chairmen and executive members of the NPP at the Upper Manya Constituency on Wednesday as part of his one-week tour of the Eastern Region.

Mr Commey also met polling station chairmen and executives at the Akropong and Okere constituencies at Amanokrom and Adukrom, respectively.

He called on Krobos, the people of Volta and the two Upper Regions to join the victory story by voting for the NPP in the 2004 elections.

Mr Commey appealed to members of the party who had applied for the various poverty alleviation schemes but have not received any positive reply to be patient for their turn because the NPP government was going to stay in office for a long time.

He said the recent bye-elections proved that the NDC had not got the large following that it claimed to have but had won elections through fraud.

Mr Commey said the NPP was not interested in destroying the NDC. ''All that the NPP is doing is to cut the NDC to its proper seize.''

He said the government would need another 20 years to put the country's economy that was destroyed by the previous government back on track.

Mr Commey said the NPP was coming out with a format that would ensure that all applicants to contest the party's constituency primaries were qualified and were true members of the party, who had contributed to its growth and development.

Mr Gustav Narh Dometey, Deputy Eastern Regional Minister, said the government would award a contract for the rehabilitation of the roads around the Asesewa Market.

He called on the executives of the party at the Upper Manya Constituency to work hard to ensure that the party won the Parliamentary seat in 2004.

At Amanokrom the Eastern Regional Chairman of the NPP, Nana Adi Ankama told party members that it ''seems party politics is making the Akwapims to loose their traditional values, which made them to be respected for their discipline'' and called for discipline among members of the party.

Dr (Mrs) Eugenia Danquah Quist, Akwapim North District Chief Executive, called for unity and love to prevail in the party.

The Member of Parliament for Okere, Mr Bradford Adu, said an Okere citizen has donated a double cabin pickup to the constituency branch of the party.