The National leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has brokered peace among feuding parties in the Techiman South Constituency in the Bono East Region.
Internal divisions and disagreements had torn the party apart leading to mistrust and suspicion among the party leadership, the regional executive and other interest groups.
All factions in Techiman South smoked the peace pipe and agreed to work together in the spirit of peace and unity in the larger interest of the NDC party.
Consequently, the Regional Executive Committee, in the interest of peace and party unity, lifted its suspension and reinstated the Constituency Chairman.
A high-powered delegation was dispatched on Monday 15th August, 2022 that met all the feuding factions to amicably resolve all disputes and foster peace, unity and camaraderie among comrades in the Techiman South Constituency.
Present at the meeting were the National Chairman of the NDC, Hon. Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, the General Secretary, Hon. Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the Rt. Hon. Edward Doe Adjaho, Former Speaker of Parliament, the Chairman of the Bono East NDC Parliamentary caucus and MP for Pru East, Hon. Dr. Kwabena Donkor, and the MP for Sene East, Hon. Dominic Napare. Other leading members of the NDC present at the meeting were the party’s 2020 National Campaign Chairman, Prof. Joshua Alabi, former Minister of Interior and Chief of Staff, Mr. Prosper D.K Bani, Madam Faustina Nelson, Deputy General Secretary, Hon. Barbara Serwaa Asamoah, Deputy National Organizer, Comrade Kobby Barlon and National Communication Officer, Comrade Sammy Gyamfi.
The meeting, which was held at the behest of the Functional Executive Committee (FEC) hosted the main feuding factions, opinion leaders, stakeholders, party elders, and selected Constituency Executives of the Techiman South Constituency, as well as some Regional Executives of the Bono East Region in a constructive dialogue aimed at brokering peace and togetherness within the party’s front in that Constituency.
The leadership uncovered that the genesis of the internal fighting involved ethnocentric issues that emerged in the run-up to the 2020 Parliamentary primaries and the poor handling of same in the aftermath created deep cracks among Executives as well as the rank and file of the party in that Constituency.
This led to a lack of respect for the rules and structures of the party by the feuding factions, which further deepened the cracks.
There was also extreme mistrust and suspicion among Constituency party leadership, Regional Executives and other feuding parties in the Constituency.
Incidentally, all the feuding parties unanimously agreed such ethnocentric commentaries and posturing did not bode well for peace and oneness in the Constituency.
The National Leadership strongly condemned the said tribal and ethnocentric comments and advised all feuding factions to eschew and desist from such conduct in consonance with the identity of the NDC as a nationalistic congress that was founded on the values of equity, fairness and inclusiveness.
The leadership, after examining allegations and counter allegations of bribery and misapplication of party funds made by the feuding factions against each other, established the said allegations were founded on hearsay and mere suspicion and fueled by detractors in the New Patriotic Party to destabilize the party’s front in the Techiman South Constituency.
The investigations also proved allegations against the Bono East Regional Chairman, the Techiman South Constituency Chairman, the NDC’s 2020 Parliamentary Candidate for Techiman South and the Techiman South Constituency Women Organizer to the effect that they have been compromised were false.
The Constituency Executives were admonished to work together with a united sense of purpose and accord maximum respect to the regional secretariat of the party and for party rules and regulations.
The Party’s leadership took time to painstakingly educate the feuding factions on the various structures, the hierarchy of authority and roles within the party set-up and charged all to uphold party structures and due process across all levels of the party in all their dealings henceforth.
The meeting unanimously resolved that anyone who breaches any of the resolutions and agreements reached, including but not limited to the uttering of ethnocentric comments and unfounded allegations will be expelled from the party forthwith.