The Chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has welcomed the decision by the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) not to contest the Tamale Central by-election.
He pleaded with party members not to rush into contesting the Tamale Central seat. Asiedu called for calm and the uninterrupted observance of the funeral rites of the fallen heroes.
The chairman party will meet after the funeral and set timelines to get a replacement for the late Murtala Mohammed,” he said.
“We thank our brothers in the NPP for declaring that they won’t contest us in Tamale Central. I beg our party members not to rush into contesting the Tamale Central constituency. Let’s stay calm and not disrupt the funeral rites of our fallen heroes,” Asiedu Nketia said during the final funeral rites of the late Dr. Murtala Mohammed at his family house in Tamale on Tuesday, August 12.
The NPP has earlier declared that it will not contest the upcoming Tamale Central Parliamentary by-election, following the tragic death of the Member of Parliament, Alhaji Hon. Dr. Murtala Mohammed, in the August 6 helicopter crash incident.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Nhyiraba Solomon Nartey
