Former Member of Parliament for Adenta Hon. Kojo Adu Asare is calling on Julius Debrah to speak up as the General Secretary of the NDC Johnson Asiedu Nketia is seeking to create a wedge between him and the National Chairman Dr. Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo over a supposed leaked audio.
Contents of a leaked audio believed to have captured the voice of of the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has revealed that the party was without defensible figures when they petitioned the Supreme Court over the 2020 elections.
The 14-minutes-plus leaked audio clip has been shared multiple times on microblogging app; WhatsApp, the voice is heard explaining that even before the NDC went to court to challenge the declaration of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the 2020 elected candidate in the elections, they had been experiencing some technical challenges.
Among other things, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has alleged that the party’s National Chairman, Dr. Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, is anti-Mahama.
According to him, there was some misunderstanding after a proposal by the former Chief of Staff Julius Debrah that the director of elections and director of IT should be appointed after the presidential primaries.
He explained that the proposal was purposely made because the flagbearer should be able to have a say in whom he would like to work with in that regard.
In the audio believed to be leaked, Asiedu Nketia said that the proposal did not go well with the National Chairman, Ofosu Ampofo who at the time expressed his displeasure.
Asiedu Nketia also alleged that the chairman had also said that he could do as he pleased in his capacity as chair until the flagbearship election is held and John Mahama cannot stop him.
“Former president Mahama sent Julius Debrah (former chief of staff during Mahama’s administration) to plead with the party leadership not to appoint a director of elections and a director of IT until the party completes its presidential primaries because the flagbearers of the party must have a say on who becomes the director of elections and the director of IT.
“As soon as Julius finished speaking, Ampofo said he considers the submission offensive to him and his authority as the leader of the NDC party,” Asiedu Nketiah alleged.
“Ampofo said that Mahama can only become the leader of the party after the flagbearership elections has been held. Until then, he [Ofosu Ampofo] remains the only leader of the party and so he can do as he pleases as he [Mahama] cannot stop him because he [Mahama] is an ordinary party member of the NDC,” Asiedu Nketiah added.
Asiedu Nketiah explained that this comment brought some misunderstanding between the Mahama and Ofosu camp.
“The position of Ofosu-Ampofo brought about a serious misunderstanding at the meeting. The meeting thus became a fight between the Mahama faction and the Ofosu Ampofo faction. I [Asiedu Nketiah] sat down quietly and listened to all that was going on,” Asiedu Nketiah added.
But speaking on Ahotor 92.3 Fm’s afternoon political show dubbed Simpieso with host Emmanuel Martey a.k.a Alaska De Don, the former Adenta legislator said Asiedu Nketia is just seeking to bring confusion to the party hence Julius Debrah needs to speak up about the leaked audio.
Hon. Kojo Adu Asare further disclosed that the General Secretary has sole sourced and awarded to a company that makes 20% commission on dues and filing fees collected from NDC members.
He alleged that Asiedu Nketia brought in a company of his son to collect dues, issue cards and some stuffs to party members without FEC having a say.
It is said that another company was willing to render the services for free but General mosquito brought his son who is paying just 20% revenue to the party.
The NDC will be having their 10th National Delegates Congress on the 17th of December,2022 at the Accra Sports Stadium where various positions will be up for grabs.
New executives will be elected to mount the affairs of the party into the 2024 general elections.
The National Chairmanship position will be hotly contested as the General Secretary Asiedu Nketia is vacating his office to contest for the Chairmanship with Dr. Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo but Hon. Adu Asare says he supports Ofosu-Ampofo because of his achievements for the NDC as the National Chairman.
He called on the NDC delegates to vote for Ofosu-Ampofo as he is the right man to lead the NDC to victory in the 2024 general elections as the National Chairman.
Story by: Emmanuel Romeo Tetteh / Ahotoronline.com
