{"id":447909,"date":"2017-12-17T14:45:21","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T14:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/17\/npp-confab-dual-citizenship-exclusion-a-disaster-akufo-addo\/"},"modified":"2017-12-17T14:45:21","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T14:45:21","slug":"npp-confab-dual-citizenship-exclusion-a-disaster-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/17\/npp-confab-dual-citizenship-exclusion-a-disaster-akufo-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP Confab: Dual citizenship exclusion a disaster \u2013 Akufo-Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Akufo-Addo-NPP-475x267.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"> <\/aside>\n<p>President Nana Akufo-Addo has strongly opposed attempt to amend the New Patriotic Party\u2019s constitution to exclude members with dual citizenship from holding positions within the party.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the party will do itself a great disservice if delegates at the ongoing extraordinary national conference in Kumasi should proceed to adopt the motion.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing delegates on Sunday, President Akufo Addo warned the party to withdraw the idea because it will spell doom for the party going forward into the crucial 2020 elections.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI am against it,\u201d Akufo-Addo emphasized to a loud applause. \u201cIt\u2019s a disaster.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The parliamentary caucus of the party has been pushing for members with dual citizenship to be barred from holding party positions. NPP members in the diaspora have been up in arms against the move threatening to stop funding the party.<\/p>\n<p>Some members have described the motion as \u201cinconceivable\u201d and an \u201calbatross\u201d. However, Caucus said its decision is in line with the country\u2019s 1992 constitution whose Citizenship Act bars dual citizens from holding political office.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe know the president is in support of an Amendment Bill proposed by Dr Kwaku Asare and his team. We have submitted same to the Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Majority Leader, Attorney General and the minority in parliament.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis Bill does not cost this country anything and we see no reason why it should be held for this long without passage,\u201d<\/em> a statement from the US branch of the NPP said.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo also implored the delegates to vote against another motion seeking to make it mandatory for MPs to appoint party executives at the constituency level. <em>\u201cWe don\u2019t need that amendment,<\/em>\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Several controversial motions including those pointed out by the president were withdrawn before voting.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if (d.getElementById(id)) return;js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&appId=1136575713042949&version=v2.3\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script>(function(d, s, id) {var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if (d.getElementById(id)) return;js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.6\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Nana Akufo-Addo has strongly opposed attempt to amend the New Patriotic Party\u2019s constitution to exclude members with dual citizenship from holding positions within the party. According to him, the party will do itself a great disservice if delegates at the ongoing extraordinary national conference in Kumasi should proceed to adopt the motion. Addressing delegates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":447910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-447909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NPP Confab: Dual citizenship exclusion a disaster \u2013 Akufo-Addo - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/17\/npp-confab-dual-citizenship-exclusion-a-disaster-akufo-addo\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"NPP Confab: Dual citizenship exclusion a disaster \u2013 Akufo-Addo - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"President Nana Akufo-Addo has strongly opposed attempt to amend the New Patriotic Party\u2019s constitution to exclude members with dual citizenship from holding positions within the party. 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