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NPP should have dismissed Otiko and Naabu - Casely-Hayford

By Clement Edward Kumsah
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A leading member of pressure Group OccupyGhana says the NPP should have dismissed its Northern Regional Chairman, Daniel Bugri Naabu, and Gender Minister, Otiko Djaba, for bringing the name of the party into disrepute with their feud last week.

Sydney Casely-Hayford believes the two ”are a pair of undisciplined persons, totally undisciplined. Even if you have something to say about the person, you should not do that on air… You should respect each other enough to be able to call each other and address your differences,” 

Daniel Bugri Naabu and Otiko Djaba were last week engaged a war of words in the media after the former disrupted a womens’ group meeting being organised by the latter in Tamale.

Mr Naabu claimed the Gender Minister had disrespected his authority by holding the meeting without his consent. It took the intervention of the police to prevent a clashes between supporters of the two.

Ms Djaba, who is also the NPPs National Women’s Organiser,  subsequently accused Mr Naabu of accepting goats as bribes from people in the region, with the promise of helping them secure government contracts and appointments.

Speaking on Citi FM's news analysis show, The Big Issue, on Saturday Mr Casely-Hayford admitted that dismissing Mr Naabu would be difficult because he was elected by party members.

He was of the view however that the party’s National Council, should have found a way to remove the two from their positions in the party because according to him, they have disgraced the “authority of public appointees.”

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Emmanuel Kyeremateng Agyarko, admitted that Ms Otiko and Mr Naabu had “put the party in a difficult situation” considering the trust Ghanaians have in the party by voting it into office.

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