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| Felix Kwame Quainoo |
Felix Kwame Quainoo says,
despite the fact that the NPP has been on opposition for two terms does not mean
it is broke.
He was speaking on a
political talk show called “MPU-NE-MPU” Wednesday March 25 on a Bogoso based
radio station Best Fm in the Western Region on the new proposed directives the
party’s National Executive Council came up last Tuesday.
The NPP National Executive
Council on Tuesday March 24 proposed some directives which some members of the
party vehemently oppose.
Some portions of the
proposal that have sparked disagreement in the NPP is the 30,000 Ghana Cedis a
new parliamentary aspirant contesting a sitting Member of Parliament will have
to pay and areas only women are to contest because there are sitting women
Member of Parliaments.
They explain that, 10,000
Ghana Cedis is for filing fee whiles the 20,000 Ghana Cedis is for development
fee.
Acid as he is popularly
called, told the host of the programme Kojo Fletcher that anybody who says the
party is broke therefore finding ways and means to get money from its members
without following some acceptable procedures in the party is misplaced.
He said the NPP has for the
past years conducted many activities that needed huge sums of money but they
did not “squeeze anybody’s” hand to get monies.
“We went to the opposition since
2008, what major activity have we not done, from polling station elections to
constituency elections to regional elections to the presidential candidate
elections and you say we are broke, we are not broke. If we are broke could we have done all
these, what are you talking about” he asked.
Mr. Felix Kwame Quainoo who will also be contesting in the upcoming parliamentary primaries said the move is very laudable and will be good for the party.
But a business man who was
also on the show Anthony Laud Awuni said, the 30,000 is too much and will pave
the way for people think politics today in Ghana is business.
Mr. Awuni also expressed
worry that the idea by NPP NEC could deprive many NPP members who can win seat
for the party in an area since they would not be able to raise such money.
“Look, some may be very
popular in the constituency and in the party but will not be able to raise the
money. The action will deprive many who can help the party win 2016 elections”
Mr. Awuni said.
“Unless the National
Executive Council will provide cash support for the aspirants’ campaign because
that alone is very expensive”
Mr. Awuni thinks politics
today in Ghana is becoming business because of how monies are been pumped in.
