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Tema West NPP holds reconciliation
meeting
Tema, Aug. 09, Ghanadot/GNA -- The
New Patriotic Party (NPP) members of Tema West constituency
on Friday night held a reconciliatory party aimed at uniting
with a common purpose of campaigning together and winning
massively in the impending elections to retain the seat.
The party brought together all the 10 polling station
chairmen, opinion leaders and executive members in the camps
of the newly elected parliamentary candidate, Madam Naa
Torshie Addo and the incumbent MP Mr Abraham Ossei-Aidoo,
the Majority Leader.
Before the primary was held last Saturday August 2, conflict
arose between the camps of the incumbent and the candidate
accusing each other of playing tactics to delay the event
and this generated tension.
The primary was however held in a peaceful atmosphere with
Madam Addo, a lawyer and Ghana’s Deputy Ambassador to the
United States winning overwhelmingly with 55 votes against
Mr Ossei-Aidoo, also Parliamentary Affairs Minister polling
37 votes.
During the primary she publicly apologized to the incumbent
MP to forgive and forget about the occurrence for which he
readily accepted.
Addressing the executives at the dinner, Madam Addo appealed
to all to bury the differences between them and rather close
their ranks to prevent infiltrations from other parties.
She called for their support by intensifying their campaigns
to enable the party to win massively as the continued
skirmishes have the tendency to erode the gains achieved.
The candidate, who looked confident pledged to consult and
tap the rich ideas and experience in parliamentary affairs
of the incumbent lawyer Ossei-Aiddo to run her
administration.
“I will forever consult Mr Aidoo’s for his advice to move
the party forward because in unity lies strength since the
constituency has the potential of retaining win the seat”,
she declared.
Madam Addo however called for their vigilance at the polling
stations to ensure that the elections is conducted smoothly.
Though Mr Aidoo was not present in person because he was
said to have travelled outside the country, supporters of
his camp were present in their numbers at the party which
aimed at sealing their get-together.
GNA
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