Ohene-Ntow, others must go

-Obodai Torto
Posted: The Chronicle |Thursday, January 14, 2010

By Charles Takyi - Boadu

The admission by the National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Peter Mac Manu and his General Secretary, Nana Ohene-Ntow, that their total actions and inactions caused the defeat of the government, has sparked deep-seated emotions in the party. This has compelled some key and influential members of the party to call for a complete overhaul of the national executives of the party.
One of such persons, who is not happy with the comments of the party Chairman and his General Secretary, is the Chairman of the Tertiary Education Confederacy of the NPP, and Ranking member of the party’s Youth Wing, Ishmeal Pius Obodai Torto.

He believes the time has come for the party to say goodbye to Mac Manu, although he is not seeking re-election, and Nana Ohene-Ntow, both of whom may have contributed to the party’s defeat in the 2008 general elections in one way or the other.

Speaking in an interview with the paper in Accra recently, Pius said - “I think all the executives who contributed to the loss of the party must exit for fresh ideas to come on board.”

He further said “Recently, I heard Nana Ohene-Ntow blaming the executives for the loss of the party. He claims they did not listen to his suggestions, but come to think of it, Ohene-Ntow was the Chief Executive of the party when we were in power. So if he is laying the blame at the doorsteps of the executive, then I think he is the first person to take the major blame.”

He, however, stressed the need for the delegates to consider voting those who performed creditably among the outgoing current national officers.