General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu has stated that the party’s leadership cannot take the blame for Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye’s defeat in the Speakership race in Parliament.
According to him, the party leadership did all they could to ensure Oquaye was elected.
In a press statement he said “it would not only be untenable but also highly mischievous for anyone to seek to blame the executives for the unfortunate turn of events” considering the efforts that leadership put into ensuring the election of its candidate.
“It is not true that no national executive of the NPP was present in Parliament at that special sitting to elect a Speaker. Indeed, the General Secretary of the party, John Boadu, representing the national party, spent the whole night in Parliament keenly observing proceedings and communicating with members and leadership of the NPP Majority Caucus on critical matters that were before them.
Not only that, John Boadu as a key stakeholder in the matters that were before the august house was invited to participate in the background negotiations involving the leadership of both sides during the deadlock, whereupon he played an instrumental role in getting the NDC side to agree to support the NPP’s proposal to have Joe Osei Owusu and Amoako Asiamah elected on consensus, as First and Second Deputy Speakers respectively,” the statement read.
Source: GhanaFeed.com
