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President urged to intervene in NYEP saga
Accra, Oct 12, Ghanadot/GNA - The Council of District
Coordinators of the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP)
in the Greater Accra Region has called for the intervention of
President John Atta Mills to bring to an end the agitation for
the removal of the region's Coordinator of the (NYEP).
The Council said statements by the Weija Youth of the National
Democratic Congress (NDC) that most of the President's
appointees were from Teshie, and that they (Weija Youth) would
not accept someone who was not from their fold to occupy the
position because the party's Greater Accra Regional Executives
had promised them, could disintegrate the Party's youth front in
the region and motivate other agitations leading to chaos and
acrimonies.
A statement to the Ghana News Agency on Monday signed by 19 out
of the 22 District Coordinators of the NYEP in the region, said
"we as District Coordinators are deeply worried and disappointed
at these uninspiring developments, especially when it has become
obvious that our Regional Executives who are expected to promote
peace and unity are behind this".
The statement said the actions by the regional executives could
lead to agitations at the district levels for the removal and
replacement of district coordinators, as well as "create some
people as special NDC and others as ordinary NDC".
It said those developments threatened prospects to deliver the
better Ghana promised to the youth, adding that the future of
the country and the party was dependent on the youth and that
any development which threatened the unity and peace of the
youth front must concern the leaders, hence the call for the
President's intervention.
It said the President's appointee, Nii Ashiemoore, was a "simple
young inspirational leader, who is not bossy" adding that since
no case of incompetence and misbehaviour had been brought
against him, they (District Coordinators) had resolved to stand
by him.
It will be recalled that the Weija Youth of the NDC in recent
weeks had been agitating for the removal and replacement of the
Greater Accra Coordinator of the NYEP, saying that the position
was promised them by the Regional NDC executives.
GNA
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