Bawku Central NPP factions hold reconciliation meeting

Bawku (U/E), Sept. 22, GNA - A reconciliatory meeting between two feuding factions within the Bawku Central constituency of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been held at Bawku to resolve the impasse over the polling station executive elections.

The election of 37 polling station executives by acclamation has paved the way for the election of a substantive executive to steer the affairs of the party in the constituency.

The 37 polling station executives' election became a thorny issue between the former constituency executives and a new one that was elected into office, after the former failed to organise elections at the end of its tenure of office in 2004.

It took the personal intervention of the National Chairman of the NPP, Mr Peter Mac Manu, to form a ten-member interim executive committee with five members each from the two factions. Present at the meeting were the regional executives led by its chairman, Mr Abdulai Bawa.

Addressing the meeting, Mr Mohammed Murtala Ibrahim, interim Chairman, said true reconciliation could only be achieved where members put aside their parochial interests and work towards the unity of the party.

He noted that the decisions arrived at might not satisfied all the members, but he entreated them to forgive one another to move the party forward.

Mr Ibrahim commended the National Chairman for initiating the reconciliation process and promised that nothing would be done to derail the progress made.

He called on party faithful to eschew all forms of petty squabbles and mistrust adding, "The world is watching Bawku to see whether the peace and reconciliation would be attainable".

"Let us prove our detractors wrong by making this success sustainable and consistent" he stressed.

The Regional Chairman, Mr Abdulai Bawa observed that the cooperation among the members was the needed impetus for the party to strengthen the rank and file to reclaim the confidence of the electorate.

He called on party members to always dialogue to arrive at a consensus to prevent the party's name from being dragged in the mud.