The Caucus of Constituencies First and Second Vice Chairmen of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Northern Region have thrown their weight behind Chairman Adam Baantima Samba over the controversies surrounding his stay in the northern region.
The group took the decision after series of press statement have emerged from some NPP members calling on the current chairman to go back to the newly created North East Region where he hails from.
Some members of the ruling new party in the Tamale, on 18th February, issued a press statement calling on the current northern regional chairman to move out of the region especially for his role that led to the carving of the north east region out of the northern region.
However at a press conference held at the NPP’s regional office in Tamale, the caucus of constituency first and second vice chairmen stated that, chairmen Samba remains the regional chairman per the constitution of the Party.
Spokes person of the group, Alhaji Abdulai Yakubu Zingirinjini reading the press statement on behalf of his colleagues said, as a citizen chairman Samba can extend his voting rights to any other region in Ghana, adding that the agenda by the regional chair to deliver 22 parliamentary seats for the NPP remain on course and no amount of pressured can derail that agenda.
Read the full statement bellow
NORTHERN REGION NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY (NPP) CONSTITUENCIES FIRST AND SECOND VICE CHAIRMEN CAUCUS
PRESS CONFERENCE OF CHAIRMAN ADAM BANTIMA SAMAB CONTINUES STAY IN THE NORTHERN REGION
Ladies and Gentlemen, from the media, constituency first and second vice chairmen party faithfuls, we humbly welcome you all for coming to witness this Press Conference on Chairman Samba’s stay in the Northern Region.
We the Northern Regional Constituency first and second vice Chairmen caucus wants to state it clear that we want our competent and hardworking chairman to stay with us here in the North to achieve our ”agenda 22 seats” in the region. Chairman Samba was elected for a four year mandate for New Patriotic Party in the Northern Region.
Ladies and gentlemen, in fact the last time we checked, Chairman Adam Bantima Samba is still our Regional Chairman per our party constitution for the two newly created regions, SAVANNA and NORTH EAST regions. Chairman ‘Do all’ haves the constitutional mandate to choose as to where to stay whether North East or Northern Region, more over he can even extend his voting rights to any other regions in Ghana because he is a Ghanaian and not a Togoles.
Not even withstanding Chairman Samba track records and qualities is unbearable in the three Northern Regions. He is a resident owner in the Northern Region and other Regions.With all standards.Lets take note as far as the 1992 constitution of the republic of Ghana and the New Patriotic Party are Concern, no amount of pressure and intimidations can demoralize the Hardworking Chairman out of the region. We are focus and dedicated in the agenda 22 seats set by Chairman, we wont allow any distractors to change our mindset over that agenda.
Northern Region has given birth to those newly created regions, North East and Savanna Regions, and we the Northern Region first and Second Vice chairmen for the various 31 constituencies then, and now 18 constituencies for the Northern Region, due stands firm in support of the hardworking chairman to stick and stay with us here in the North to achieve our goals.
Ladies and gentlemen of the media, Chairman Samba has change the old face of the region to a new face, because he able to touched many lives and still touching many lives in the region, just as recently happening in the Aboabo Market, when fire gutted five stores in the market,. Chairman Samba paid the victims a surprise visit with huge sum of money of Ghc5000 each for the victims which sums to Ghc25000, he handed the cash physically to the victims. Chairman Samba made this donation without the notice of the President nor the National Executive Committee. This is what we call politics, supporting party faithfuls and none party faithfuls,. Chairman Samba with his own resources without the support of the National Executive board, has secured an ultramodern Regional Party Office, first in the history of NPP in the Three Northern Region. He also provided each and every constituency a laptop and a plasma LED TV others with an additional air condition, and as communication is the mouth piece of a political party, chairman Samba supports to the Northern Regional Communication Team is unbearable , his monthly supports to the team is well appreciated by the team membership and leaderships. He also support in construction of some constituencies Party office in the Northern Region. Organizing a dinner with constituency executives, communicators and journalist as well, it is his hall mark, Chairman even stands and promise to hold an annual best journalist of the year. More over chairman Samba has made a fair donation to the performance of the final funeral rites of the various late Paramount chiefs of Dagbon, which includes YAA NAA MAHAMADU ABDULAI II and YAA NAA YAKUBU ANDANI III, That’s what we call politics ,
Ladies and gentlemen of the media, We the chairmen has not seen CHAIRMAN SAMBA to short-change the New Patriotic Party in the Northern Region, we rather seen it as a progress and not retrogress . we seen him as a competent and hardworking leader not base on tribalism or ethnicity, we humbly calls for his continues stay in the NORTHERN REGION forever till death do us apart.
CHAIRMAN DO ALL
CHAIRMAN PRE FINANCE
CHAIRMAN TALK LESS DO MORE
CHAIRMAN TOUCHING LIVES
CHAIRMAN EMIIRATES,.
We appreciate your efforts for the region,
Thank you all for coming,
Asalamualiakum
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