Press Release
Notice is hereby served the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the general public that all Akyode delegates will not participate in the 2023 NPP Parliamentary Elections scheduled for Saturday 2nd December, 2023.
It would be recalled that in a Press Conference held at the International Press Centre on Thursday 30th November, 2023, we made our position clear that henceforth, Akyodes will no
longer participate in the party’s activities including this year’s Parliamentary Primaries and the 2024 General Elections. We still stand by our decision.
This follows our registered disappointment in the leadership of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) over their failure to provide adequate security for the celebration of our yam festival; thus, making us not only vulnerable but also victims of deadly attacks from our belligerent neighbors.
Also, the stunning silence and indifference of the party leadership and government appointees with the impression that the party neither cherishes our participation nor recognizes our in the Municipality and Region towards our plights in the current conflict situation leaves us membership in the party anymore. This denial and betrayal of trustis least expected especially from a party that Akyodes have consistently and unanimously endorsed since the beginning of constitutional rule.
Our decision is also informed by the fact that the security situation in Nkwanta remains highly volatilesince our assailants have still not been arrested; and this makes it more precarious for our people (Akyodes) who have become targets for unwarranted attacks and arrests, to participate in Saturday’s nationwide political exerciseat Nkwanta.
In the meantime, we are still mourning our people who were gruesomely murdered, and sympathizing with those whose houses and other properties were destroyed. We therefore wish to be left alone, just as we have been neglected by the party and left to our fatein our most dreadful and difficult times. We are confident, however, that with or without the party’s support, we shall triumph in the land of our ancestors.
Our votes may be immaterial to the outcome of Saturday’s Primaries. But we know that we surelycount someday. Meanwhile, we wish the party and all parliamentary aspirants
good luck.
Thank you
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Lucas Kwadwo Sokolomo Peter Ntesah Anefor Christian
(General Secretary) National President PRO
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