AFOKO DISCLOSES; 22 Meetings Failed To Resolve Our Differences

NPP National Chairman, Paul Afoko

By Mark Osegu

The disputed National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Paul Afoko has disclosed that 22 meetings he initiated failed to resolve the differences in the party.

“I wanted to resolve the differences and create favourable conditions for the victory of the party in 2016 and I invited Akufo- Addo to those meetings.

 “Akufo-Addo came to the meetings accompanied by different people at different times. On the first occasion he came with Hackman Owusu Agyeman and later with Madam Ama Busia”.

Mr Afoko was speaking on TV3’s current affairs programme “Hot Issues” over the weekend.

He said he decided to resort to the court as a means of upholding the tenets of the party constitution and to ensure that the decisions of the highest organ of the party are not subverted by individuals and cabals.

He said if the party constitution is not upheld, a time may come when an elected flag bearer of the party would be toppled by a small group of people sitting in Accra.

Mr Afoko insisted that he is not against the candidature of Nana Akufo-Addo and that he will do all in his power to make him win the next elections.

 He claimed to have given substantial material support to Nana Akufo Addo.

 He said people will be surprised when the quantum of support is revealed. 

 Photo credit; Daily Graphic

Editorial

New nurses

Last Monday newly graduated Nurses marched on to the Flagstaff House to protest against delays in posting them to the various health facilities across the country.

 According to the Nurses some of them have had to stay at home for more than three years.

We agree that the newly graduated nurses ought to be given a chance to serve their nation by posting them as quickly as possible.

It is indeed strange that a country which has serious challenges in health delivery is unable to post newly graduate nurses.

We are also surprised that such a small problem has been allowed to fester beyond the Ghana Health Service and the Ministry of Health all the way to Flagstaff House.

The health authorities must act quickly to enable these nurses to look after the sick and work to prevent disease.