Eleven New Patriotic Party Polling Station Executives within the Bongo Constituency of the Upper East Region have been suspended. The eleven were suspended by the Party after refusing to comply with directives from the Regional Secretariat.
The suspension means the 11 cannot continue to hold themselves as executives of the party.
The suspended executives include Polling Station Chairman – Nayorigo Primary School Emmanuel Akay, Organiser – Akundoo Primary School Adamu A. Malik, Youth Organiser School – Akundoo Primary Azaligazure Emest Kofi, Secretary – Daliga Alalema Raymond, Youth Organiser – Salibiga JHS Ayambire Baba.
The rest are Electoral Area Coordinator – Namoo Akolgo Peter, Secretary- Namoo JHS Anamoo Gregory, Youth Organiser – Balungo JHS Awanfo Daniel, Secretary-Gowrie JHS Adongo Norbert, Secretary-Boko Primary School Atamolga David and Youth Organiser -Kantià Primary School Akafari Emmanuel.
This was contained in a letter signed by the Upper East Regional Secretary, Cletus Innocent Ayambire.
“The Petitioners above having blatantly refused to comply with the directives of the Regional Secretariat, coupled with the gross indiscipline and insubordination exhibited at the very benign directions from the Regional Secretariat through the constituency secretariat, we have been left with no option but to direct and instruct that the following Petitioners as can be found hereunder should be suspended from holding various Polling Station Executives positions indefinitely,” the letter said.
Background
It would be recalled that the suspended executives, after the general election in 2020 petitioned the Regional Chairman, Lawyer Anthony Namoo about the supposed indiscipline on the part of the 2020 Parliamentary Candidate, Peter Ayimbisa Ayamga. They claimed that he had abused his power as District Chief Executive for the Bongo District and used ill-gotten wealth to build a mansion in Pusi-Namoo.
During the course of the investigations, the petitioners were unable to prove the allegations against the 2020 Parliamentary Candidate and as such, were asked, to among other things, render an unqualified apology.
“The Petitioners, upon receipt of the report and the recommendations contained in it, wrote to the Regional Secretariat through the Constituency, rubbishing the report in its entirety. Among other unprintable descriptions given to the report from the Regional Secretariat by Petitioners was that, Regional Executives were doing the bidding or for want of a better word, were stooges of Peter Ayimbisa Ayamga and as such will not cooperate with them any longer. The Regional Secretariat after going through the response from Petitioners deem their conduct as an affront and misconduct against the Party, hence the decision to suspend above from holding executive positions with immediate effect” a Memo signed by the Bongo Constituency Secretary, Anaane Johnson Ayikene said.
Below is the letter from the Regional Party Office:
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