AGRIEVED YOUTH LOCK UP NDC OFFICES

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Front view of the Ashanti regional offices of the NDC in Kumasi

A group calling itself the Coalition of splinter groups within the NDC in the Ashanti region has locked out the Regional Executives of the party from accessing the regional offices in Kumasi. 

In furtherance of their displeasure at the state of affairs in the party, the group has again declared its resolve to undertake a peaceful street demonstration in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi, on the 9th of this month to draw the attention of the hierarchy of the NDC to their concerns in the interest of the entire party. 

The aggrieved members, who wore red arm bands, later loitered around the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council but could not meet any official as a result of an official engagement of the officials at the RCC. 

When contacted, one of them, who claims to be the Spokesperson of the Coalition, Issah Seidu, said the Coalition comprises 12 of the splinter groups within the party who have continually sacrificed their lives for the growth of the NDC in the region.

 These groups include the NDC Motor Riders and Balshata. 

According to Mr. Seidu, it is incomprehensible that the re-elected Ashanti Regional Chairman of the party, Yaw Obimpeh, is refusing to unite all the interest groups in the party that emerged during the recent regional elections.

 He claimed that the current regional Executives have planned to shatter the re-election ambition of President John Mahama and are deliberately working against his efforts for which reason, the Executives are shirking their core responsibilities. 

The Coalition expressed surprise also that when the aggrieved members went to the regional office of the party to lock it up as at 11.30 am today, Monday March 3, none of the elected Executives had reported to work, thereby giving credence to the assertion that they are not working. 

The Spokesperson claimed also that since the return of the NDC to government in 2009, Mr. Obimpeh as the regional Chairman of the party, has consistently rejected any appointee for the post of the Regional Minister thereby always creating confusion in the party. 

Mr. Seidu claimed that long after the recent elections, Mr. Obimpeh continues to sideline anyone who did not support his bid to retain the position, a situation he considers to be inimical to the chances of the party in the region.

 When contacted separately, both the Regional Secretary, Raymond Tannor, and the Regional Communication Officer, Samed Akalilu told Ashanti Today that they had also heard of the mob action but were yet to visit the office to ascertain the situation. 


They both confirmed that an emergency Regional Executives meeting was to be convened in the day to consider the agitations and fashion out the way forward.


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