{"id":447942,"date":"2017-12-17T16:45:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T16:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/17\/i-miss-being-npp-general-secretary-kwabena-agyapong\/"},"modified":"2017-12-17T16:45:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T16:45:29","slug":"i-miss-being-npp-general-secretary-kwabena-agyapong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/17\/i-miss-being-npp-general-secretary-kwabena-agyapong\/","title":{"rendered":"I miss being NPP General Secretary \u2013 Kwabena Agyapong"},"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>Myjoyonline.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\/80002590.295.jpg\" alt=\"KWABENA AGYAPONG SHEIK NEW\" title=\"KWABENA AGYAPONG SHEIK NEW\" width=\"295\" height=\"196\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Suspended General Secretary of the NPP, Kwabena Agyapong<\/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=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513529129_104_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Suspended General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyei Agyapong, says he misses performing his functions as General Secretary of the party.<\/p>\n<p>Kwabena Agyapong was speaking to Joy News at the Extraordinary Delegates&#8217; Conference of the NPP in Kumasi on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026Of course, I miss; I do\u201d, Mr. Agyapong said in response when JoyNews&#8217; Anchor, Gifty Andoh Appiah, asked if he missed being General Secretary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got an emphatic mandate in Tamale\u2026the party grass root recognizes my contribution to the party,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Kwabena Agyapong was suspended indefinitely along with the Second Vice Chairman, Sammy Crabbe after they publicly kicked against the suspension of his close ally, the National Chairman, Paul Afoko.<\/p>\n<p>Their conduct, the party&#8217;s Disciplinary Committee said, violated Article 3(d) of the party\u2019s constitution which demands members to publicly uphold the party&#8217;s decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Agyapong reiterated his disagreement with the decision of the party\u2019s National Executive Committee (NEC) to suspend him but added that \u201cI love the party so I respect that decision\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He also said he welcomes calls from some persons in the party who are calling for his reinstatement as General Secretary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo years is too long a time for the General Secretary to be on suspension,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur constitution does not provide for that,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>He maintained he did not do anything wrong and that \u201cyou only apologize when you do something wrong,\u201d in response to those calling for an official apology from him as a sign of true remorse.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QjuBx5ozO-4\" 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\/B-k5hzTWCeE\" 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\/gXrI2sln0tA\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 3 updated by: 3 --><\/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: Myjoyonline.com 2017-12-17 play videoSuspended General Secretary of the NPP, Kwabena Agyapong Suspended General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyei Agyapong, says he misses performing his functions as General Secretary of the party. 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