All we need for our meetings to set sail is to get the majority of members that form a quorum to make such meetings valid, that is the contention of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in response to General Secretary, Kwabena Agyepong’s consistent disregard for critical meetings of the party lately.
The NPP which does not seem bothered by the Chief scribe’s continuous absence from National Executive Committee meetings says the party is not hinging on one person, hence the party is not treading on any dangerous path with the exclusion of Agyepong from its meetings.
“We invited him for this meeting, but I don’t know why he absented himself – The party has since not heard from him why he wasn’t present at the meeting. However, we had the majority to form a quorum yesterday, to the extent that there was an excess of three of the number required at the meeting. I’m amazed at the massive turn out yesterday, and that is what matters in this case,” the Director of Communications for the NPP, Nana Akomea told host Fiifi Banson on Anopa Kasapa on Kasapa 102.3 FM Wednesday.
The party’s chairman, Paul Afoko had earlier issued a statement cautioning members of the executive committee of the party against attending Tuesday’s meeting.
The statement said: “Mr. Afoko wishes to state that he has not called any meeting neither has the General Secretary, Mr. Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, issued any notice inviting members to attend any meeting.
This notwithstanding, the contentious meeting reportedly had massive turn out, in excess of over 90 party members entitled to attend what is believed to be an illegal meeting, according to the suspended chairman of the NPP.
The party’s flagbear, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his running mate, Mahammudu Bawumia were all sighted at the NEC meeting yesterday, alongside majority of party reps from the regions, and parliament.
By: Kasapafmonline.com/Ghana
