It is not true that the leadership of the Minority caucus in Parliament have met and decided to support the candidature of Johnson Asiedu Nketia who has launched a campaign for the national chairman position of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
In a disclaimer disassociating the caucus from a statement made by Ahmed Ibrahim, the Member of Parliament for Banda and Deputy Minority Whip at Asiedu Nketia’s campaign launch last Tuesday, Mr Haruna Iddrisu urged the rank and file and the public to disregard the purported statement [VIDEO ATTACHED BELOW] made during the launch.
“We further wish to urge all Members of the Caucus to refrain from making such comments in the immediate future,” he added,
Below is a copy of the disclaimer from Haruna Iddrisu
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DISCLAIMER
The attention of the Leadership of the NDC Caucus in Parliament has been drawn to a statement made by Hon. Ahmed Ibrahim, MP for Banda and Deputy Minority Whip at the launch of the election campaign of Hon. Johnson Asiedu Nketiah on Tuesday, 25th October 2022, to the effect that the NDC Caucus in Parliament was supporting the candidature of the Hon. Asiedu Nketiah for the position of Chairman of the Party.
The Leadership of the Caucus categorically denies the assertions by Hon. Ibrahim Ahmed and wish to state as follows:
That the Leadership of the Caucus never met on the matter and have not taken any decision on the matter;
That the Caucus has not met and has not taken any decision on any of the candidates contesting any position within the Party;
That the Leadership and the Caucus has no position on any of the candidates vying for the respective positions in the Party;
That Hon. Ahmed Ibrahim’s attention was drawn to the matter and he has since rendered an unqualified apology to the entire Caucus.
We accordingly urge our rank and file and the public to disregard the purported statement made during the launch.
We further wish to urge all Members of the Caucus to refrain from making such comments in the immediate future.
HON. HARUNA IDDRISU (MP)
Minority Leader
