Some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Akyem Swedru constituency has raised red flags over the party's ongoing membership registration, calling for a halt of the exercise following recent brouhaha that marred the exercise.

Speaking at a press briefing in Akyem Swedru on March 8, 2026, the spokesperson for the aggrieved members, Nana Ofosu Afrifa, described the ongoing exercise as illegal, stressing that the local process has been deeply compromised.

“The party leadership must pay attention to this place because of what the constituency executives and the MP are doing here.

"…the Regional and National leadership should, with immediate effect, suspend every activity being undertaken by the constituency executives in this registration exercise and declare all actions since March 3, 2026, null and void," Afrifa stated.

The group is requesting that the National and Regional party bodies declare the current constituency executives "unfit" to oversee the process due to what they referred to as a glaring conflict of interest.

According to them, to restore integrity to the process, they are calling for “an independent body from the Regional or National level to collect and manage membership data.

“The immediate publication of a registration timetable across all 53 polling stations [should be published] so members know exactly when and where to register.

“Reinstating the authority of polling station executives to supervise data input as per Paragraph 6 of the membership guidelines,” he said.

Nana Ofosu Afrifa issued a stern warning, giving the party leadership 48 hours to address these concerns.

He cautioned that if the issues are ignored, the group will legally and procedurally confront the constituency executives at every polling station; a move they admit could lead to significant unrest.

"In order to prevent Akyem Swedru from making national headlines for the wrong reasons, we call on the leadership to ensure a fair, credible and seamless exercise that is acceptable to all," Afrifa added.

The aggrieved members have also appealed to the National Executives to issue a caveat directing the Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Nyarko Osei, to desist from masterminding the registration exercise before the situation further erodes the party's unity in the constituency.

The aggrieved members have accused constituency executives, specifically the Secretary, Daniel Antri, of interfering in the process allegedly in direct violation of guidelines set by the National Executive Committee (NEC).

The group claims Antri among other executives have schemed and connived with other executives who have declared their intention to re-contest in the upcoming constituency elections to compromise the exercise.

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These executives he alleged have denied certain individuals the opportunity to register at Akyem Apoli and other communities, rather than allowing mandated polling station executives to lead the process as stipulated in the party's internal guidelines.

The NPP recently began a nationwide membership registration and reorganisation exercise to update its database ahead of crucial internal elections.

The exercise, scheduled to end on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, is intended to ensure an accurate and credible register for polling station, constituency, regional and national levels.

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