NPP well resourced to fund party activities – John Boadu

The governing New Patriotic Party(NPP) has denied ever receiving money from government to organize its National Delegates Conference at Cape Coast.

This is contrary to claims by the Deputy General Secretary, Nana Obiri Boahen that the Presidency doled out Gh¢50 billion to conduct the party’s 2017 National Annual Delegates Conference in Cape Coast.

The ruling party held Conference August 2017 where various proposals were made for amendments to the party’s constitution.

In a leaked secretly recorded audiotape, Mr Boahen is heard lamenting about how he was given a paltry GH¢5,000 as a member of the Resolution Committee out of the GH¢50 billion.

Even though, Nana Obiri Boahen has already been summoned by the party’s Steering Committee to answer questions about the controversial allegations, the Acting General Secretary, John Boadu said the claims are unfounded.

“Government did not give the New Patriotic Party (NPP) 50 billion. How can government give a political party money? We have been running this party for years? We were the first party to buy our headquarters in 1992. We are a party that is well resourced and willing to support a party. We have been going for conferences over the years and we have never had a situation where our conferences have been postponed because of lack of resources. We funded the Cape Coast event the same way we funded all the other conferences that we hold.”

“We want to state on record that we have run this party over the years and we are clear in our minds about the clear distinction between party and governments, although we are the mother of the government. We still want to ensure that government activities are government’s and it is for that reason that we said MMDCEs, Deputy Ministers and party officers who hold positions must resign and that has been established so I am surprised.” he said in an interview with Accra-based Citi FM.