A group calling itself Concerned NPP Members in Nkawkaw Constituency has warned that attempt to impose the incumbent Member of Parliament Eric Kwakye Darfour on the Constituency will be disastrous for the party in 2020.
A statement issued and signed by Owusu Ansah and Prince Franklin Obeng Chairman and Spokesperson respectively for the group stated that “we are further sending a word of caution that, any attempt by any Party executive anywhere to impose Hon. Eric Kwakye Darfour on Nkawkaw constituency shall end disastrously since he is not the people’s choice and cannot win the maximum vote required for the party.”
On April 26, 2020, thirteen constituency executives of the party in Nkawkaw excluding the Constituency Chairman declared their “unalloyed support “for Eric Kwakye Darfour the incumbent Member of Parliament for the Constituency.
The decision according to the constituency executives was taken at a constituency Executive Committee Meeting after consultation with constituents living both within and outside the Political jurisdiction.
The constituency executives explained further that “our reason is premised on his Focus, Excellent, and Matured Leadership being exhibited at the constituency and in the Region as the Representative of H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, the President of the Republic of Ghana. We firmly believe, and the same is true that for the overwhelming majority in the constituency that, the massive infrastructural projects that have started since January 2017 under his stewardship, required uninterrupted continuation and consolidation to transform completely, the deficit we have lived with all these three years.”
However, the Concerned NPP Members say the decision by the constituency executives is clear misconduct therefore liable to be sanctioned by the Party.
The group also said the entrenched position declaring support for one candidate by the executives disqualifies them from serving on the Constituency Election committee.
They also called on the Constituency Secretary Messrs Andrews Ameyaw and the election Research Director S. Osarfo Antwi who are part of the constituency Election Committee to remain neutral.
The incumbent Member of Parliament, Eric Kwakye Darfour is keenly being contested in the Parliamentary Primaries by two former MPs for the area – Seth Agyei Baa and Okechire Adusei as well as three others- Joyce Opoku Boateng (Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Middle Belt Authority), David Asante Boateng (Managing Director of Ghana Publishing Company) and Joseph Frimpong a Business Man.
The Nkawkaw seat is one of the strongholds of the NPP since 1992 though in 2008 the party lost it to an Independent candidate, Seth Agyei Baa, who eventually joined the NPP.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Obed Ansah
