Atigya!, Assin Central; ¢200.00 To Be Automatically Deducted From Hon. Ken's Xmas Gift Meant For Polling Station executives for Party Office Construction.

 

Atigya!, Assin Central; ¢200.00 To Be Automatically Deducted From Hon. Ken's Xmas Gift Meant For Polling Station executives for Party Office Construction

A communique has been channeled from Assin Central New Patriotic Party (NPP) Constituency Executives through the secretary Mr. Francis Annin popularly known as Akwesi Pepe to polling station executives and electoral area coordinators in the Assin Central Constituency of Central Region that Hon. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong's Annual Christmas gift to polling station executives are ready for disbursement and this year, it came with an amount of ¢300.00 to every polling station executive but there will be a haircut of ¢200.00 on those who have refused to partake in the contribution  towards the construction of the new party office.

In a voice note available to 1st in news, the Constituency secretary Mr Francis Annin could be heard directing electoral area coordinators to officially submit all the names of polling station executives who have refused to contribute their quota towards the project so that the money will be debited from Hon. Ken's Xmas Gift.

Meanwhile, some polling executives described the directives as unfair and an act of autocracy from the Constituency executives.

Background

Assin Central: Polling Station Executives Furious Over Constituency Chairman's Compulsory Contribution To Party Office Construction.

Scores of disgruntled New Patriotic party (NPP) polling station executives and electoral area coordinators in the Assin Central Constituency are reeling in anger.

They have accused the Constituency Chairman, Mr. Attakora Amaniampong of forcibly billing them for the construction of the new constituency office.

Mr. Amaniampong has pledged to take GH¢200.00 and GH¢500.00 from each polling station executive and electoral area coordinators respectively, some aggrieved executives claimed in an exclusive interview.

“We are about 520 executives in the Constituency including electoral area coordinators, and I can tell you everyone is upset with the decision but we are scared to voice it out because the executives might victimize us.

Strangely, Mr. Amaniampong said at the meeting where the incomprehensible decision was taken that anyone who is not okay with that decision to lodge a complaint

to the party office for redress but could be a political suicide for any dissatisfied person.

The aggrieved executives said: “We are not paid for the position we occupy; hence it is difficult for us to raise the amount considering the troubling times.”

The system is hard for some of us. We have raised concerns for the amount to be reduced to at least ¢200.00 for coordinators and ¢100.00 for polling station executives, but the constituency chairman has blatantly refused to listen to our plea.

According to them, the Chairman's intentions are noble as it would reform the structures at the grassroots, but not this time.

To them, they know and understand the party structure has to be well grounded to stretch our electoral fortunes and the obligation on us to contribute and support the party financially but not in these hard times. 

“How, and where do you want us to get this money before 25th December, knowing very well that we are heading to Christmas, and we have to get something for our families?

Meanwhile, the Constituency Chairman, Mr Attakora Amaniampong has affirmed to the said contributions but stated basically that, the decision was taken and accepted during a party meetings.

He again said, if the decision is not well with anyone, the person should leave it as such but they are working according to the party's structure.