At least 40 polling station executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Asante Akyem South Constituency of the Ashanti Region have been handed indefinite suspensions by the party for supporting the parliamentary bid of one William Yamoah, a former President of the National Union of Ghana Students.
The suspended executives have accused their Member of Parliament (MP), Asante Boateng of instigating the move.
Two of the suspended executives, Felix Kyei and Nana Ofori Amanfo who are polling station chairmen at Muramura R/C JHS and Chempo D/A Primary polling stations respectively said they believed it was a deliberate ploy by Mr Boateng to gag them.
“He is our MP but has not used his influence to bring any development to the area, he has not used his portion of the MP’s Common Fund to bring development to his constituents and we believe he is hundred per cent behind our suspension,” they alleged andexpressed shock at the decision by the Disciplinary Committee of the Asante Akyem South constituency.
“Our suspension are uncalled for, we have been accused of supporting and assisting some of the aspirants including Mr Yamoah and Bice Osei Kuffour, popularly known as Obour, we are even shocked the committee mentioned Mr Yamoah because I don’t know him and cannot even make him out if we walk past each other, we have called on the party to rescind the decision.”
Mr Boateng was not available to comment on the allegation levelled against him. -citinewsroom.com
