Majority Leader in Parliament and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu has said suspended NPP National Executives, Messrs Paul Afoko, Kwabena Agyepong and Sammy Crabbe; Chairman, Secretary, Vice Chair respectively, didn’t like the candidature of President Nana Akufo Addo, then as NPP flagbearer.
Mr Kyei Mensah Bonsu singled out Mr Paul Afoko, particularly, out of the “trio”, as he described them, for doing everything possible to scuttle the ambition of then flagbearer-hopeful Akufo Addo.
The majority leader indicated that Afoko “bought his way” into the Chairmanship of the party with his own agenda and candidate in mind as a result of which he frustrated the party leadership and attempted to starve the party of funds for the primaries which was obvious Akufo Addo was winning.
“Afoko came with his own candidate in mind and never wanted to organize primaries. He was trying to prevent us from holding the primaries. He didn’t like Akufo Addo.
“The trio didn’t like Akufo-Addo. You know how come we even got money to organize primaries?”, he asked rhetorically.
Speaking to Nana Ansah Kwao on the Joynews Personality Profile over the weekend, the Suame lawmaker discussed some financial struggles the party went through to organize primaries.
“We struggled to get money to organize primaries. I had to mobilize my colleagues in parliament. Fortunately, we had some money from deductions we were making from our MPs monthly salaries so we had some money. The candidates had paid some money but it was not enough so we MPs topped up to organize the primaries that produced Akufo Addo. How can you have a national chairman who says I don’t want this man to win. How?”, he asked.
The three leading NPP executives were suspended by the elephant family few months to the 2016 elections over actions the party described as inimical to their political fortunes.
Source: mynewsgh.com
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@ Disappointed Ghanaian.Do you think if God punishes people 'by heart 'a rodent like you would be alive?Some of you people act as if you have sawdust where your brains should be. Be careful what you wish on others because it could be you getting that punishment.
OBVIOUSLY AKUFO-ADDO IS NOT BEST MAN FOR GHANA, IT SHOWS PRESENTLY BY THE HIGH COST OF ELECTRICITY, WATER AND FUEL, PROMISE AND FAIL.GHANA MADE A BIG MISTAKE BY VOTING FOR HIM
Hon Minister and Leader, what is the reward of these MPs you deducted their salaries to finance the party but lost their seats? They have been sidelined a name that comes to mind is Hon, Addai Nimo. Is it because he contested with the President. Young workers were using their salaries to help the party, now girl friends are enjoying. Only in NPP. Please apathy is gradually settling in, remember that same apathy sent us to opposition in 2008. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT
TRUTH!...GOD BLESS YOU OSEI KYEI MENSAH BONSU!
Stop insulting our Majority MP. What he is saying is true we all witness what was going on at that time. It took God's intervention for Nana Addo to win the election because God is the supernatural being. Non can be compared to him and his ways are not our ways. The Lord has spoken who are we to complain. Nana Addo's presidency is designed by God and nobody could have taken that from him. We are all happy for his coming. Majority MP I thank God for your honesty. God bless you.
***barred word*** are synonymous to liers. That is very true and so no wonder a T. H I. E .F like Mensah Bonsu will LI.EEEE. THERE IS NO SEN.SE. OR LOGI.C in what he has said.
@Disappointed Ghanaian: God will rather punish you properly for your comment. You hate the truth but we in the NPP will forever speak the truth that hurts so bad but makes he party grow stronger. These guys (Afoko, Kwabena and Crabbe) managed to meet LAW-DI-NA in the USA to plot the downfall of Nana Addo so that their preferred candidate (Alan K) would become the presidential candidate if Johm Ford Mahama had won the elections. Thank God for people like Ken Agyapong who managed to secure a video recording of their meeting. As for Afoko, the least said about him the better. As a party chairman he recorded all crucial campaign strategies and posted to his NDC pay masters LIVE as the meetings progressed. Thank God again, his socks gave him up as his phone recorded parts of his foot. Now these same guys who know no disgrace and shame want to to be part of the Nana Addo's government. May God forbid.
What is his crime , you sound like a ***barred word***
Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu God will punish you!!!