The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has admonished Ghanaians to exercise patience in President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s delay in nominating Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs).
According to officials, the anticipated list would be made available to the public sooner, hence the need to respect the first gentleman of the land.
Speaking at a press conference in Accra on Friday 17 September 2021, Director of Communications for the NPP, Yaw Buaben Asamoah, observed that not all nominated candidates will be of the people’s choice, situation he urged members to treat the president’s decision with maximum respect in.
“We urge everybody to be calm and to act in ways that promote good relations at a working level in order to give the nominees the best possible opportunity to work in the interest of the grassroots of the nation,”
“Now that the selection process is over, we urge all former contestants and stakeholders to adopt the nominees as their own, encourage smooth confirmation processes, and support approved MMDCEs to deliver the best to their areas. Once the list is published, competition in any form, ought to end,” he pleaded.
The Party also advised the nominees to, as much as possible, be open and provide space for all shades of opinion in their work.
On the party’s ongoing registration of its members, Yaw Buaben Asamoah expressed concerns about how some officers are preventing some members from registering, thinking that, the register will be used for internal elections.
He explained, “Party Officer Election registers shall be compiled differently and will be done later per guidelines to be issued… So, we are assuring all our polling station executives to open- up, work hard and try and capture as many persons who are likely to vote NPP as possible.
“The names should also go into the books that have been provided. Names in any other book not provided by the Party for this exercise will not be valid or properly captured.”
Mr. Yaw Buaben Asamoa also asked the party’s polling station executives to plan a schedule that makes them available to support this process.
“I repeat that the names being generated are only for planning purposes. They are not for internal elections,” he concluded.
