There has been a call for the Deputy General Secretary of the NPP, Nana Obiri Boahen to resign over his claims that the Presidency gifted the NPP Gh¢50 billion for its 2017 National Delegates Conference in Cape Coast.
According to Kweku Baako Jnr, he has picked information that Nana Obiri Boahen is alleged to have “fabricated†the allegation as part of efforts to solicit for information on how much the Presidency donated towards the conference.
In a radio discussion programme on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo, Kweku Baako said the allegation was shameful and that Nana Obiri Boahen should resign as Deputy General Secretary if he indeed “fabricated†it.
Per the audio conversation, it appears NPP's Nana Obiri Boahen was tricked to voice out his sentiments and ill-feeling about the party in a private chat with an opposition NDC member, popularly known as "Kwaku Skirt".
Nana Obiri Boahen, in the said conversation, lamented how unfairly he was being treated as an official of the governing party, while his colleagues are supposedly grabbing and making economic gains from the party’s incumbency.
Meanwhile, after the audio went viral, the maverick NPP Deputy General Secretary, admitted that was his voice captured in the audio, but he claims those were deliberately manufactured lies to help him get information from "Kweku Skirt", the known NDC activist he had the conversation with.
Irrespective of the fact that Nana Obiri Boahen has admitted that his words were lies, the Acting General Secretary of the NPP, John Boadu, in a press statement issued late Tuesday, said the NPP has "tasked the Steering Committee" to get to the bottom of the issue.
"Nana Obiri Boahen himself has subsequently admitted to the falsity of his baseless allegation. Nonetheless, the party takes a serious view of his unfortunate comments and has accordingly tasked the Steering Committee to immediately look into the matter and make appropriate recommendations," the statement added.
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