{"id":447934,"date":"2017-12-17T16:03:03","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T16:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/17\/npp-confab-dual-citizenship-exclusion-disastrous-akufo-addo\/"},"modified":"2017-12-17T16:03:03","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T16:03:03","slug":"npp-confab-dual-citizenship-exclusion-disastrous-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/17\/npp-confab-dual-citizenship-exclusion-disastrous-akufo-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP Confab: Dual citizenship exclusion disastrous \u2013 Akufo-Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Politics of Sunday, 17 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-17<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/44968443.295.jpg\" alt=\"NADAA SpeechKumasi\" title=\"NADAA SpeechKumasi\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513526583_429_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has kicked against moves to amend the New Patriotic Party\u2019s constitution to bar members with dual citizenship from holding party positions.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo predicted doom on the party if delegates at an ongoing conference in Kumasi go ahead to adopt the motion.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to delegates on Sunday, a visibly passionate-looking president warned the party to withdraw the idea because it will end up digging its own grave ahead of the 2020 elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am against it,\u201d Akufo-Addo stressed to a loud cheer. \u201cIt\u2019s a disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The parliamentary caucus of the party is 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>\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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Bill does not cost this country anything and we see no reason why it should be held for this long without passage,\u201d a statement from the US branch of the NPP said.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo also entreated the delegates to vote against another motion seeking to make it mandatory for MPs to appoint party executives at the constituency level. \u201cWe don\u2019t need that amendment,\u201d he pointed out. Also, he was against another motion \u201cFor the flagbearer of the party to be considered as the leader of the party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He advised the party to come out strong with one voice and must not allow any division to eat into their space since that could spell doom for the party going into the next general election.<\/p>\n<p>All the three controversial motions were withdrawn after Akufo-Addo\u2019s appeal.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AvWtqy-Eb9A\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oo0ACVVk2To\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: -1 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\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>Politics of Sunday, 17 December 2017 Source: Starrfmonline.com 2017-12-17 play videoNana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has kicked against moves to amend the New Patriotic Party\u2019s constitution to bar members with dual citizenship from holding party positions. 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