President was right in suspending referendum – Obiri Boahen

Joyce
Danso, GNA

Accra, Dec. 9, GNA –
Nana Obiri Boahen, a Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP
has stated that the decision of President Akuffo Addo to suspend the referendum
was legally, morally and politically right.

Nana Obiri Boahene
said those people who were calling for the impeachment of the President should
be laughed off, “they are not serious”.

The NPP Deputy
General Secretary who spoke to journalists in Accra said he was sure that those
who were going to vote for YES were going to win during the referendum.

His assertion comes
in the wake of calls from sections of the public that the President was wrong
in calling off the referendum and a result of that, the President should be
impeached for breaching the constitution.

He said it was time
that the country elected Metropolitan, Municipal District Chief Executives
(MMDCE’s) for people to think outside the box to generate more income for the
development of the nation.

According to him
currently, some of the MMDCE’s did not need common fund but rather those funds
should be given the deprived ones who were struggling items of income
generation.

He said those with
much resources should only get little help from the central government.

Nana Obiri Boahen
noted that the country was growing and Ghana had to grow in terms of governance
by electing MMDCEs.

He said although he
was in the NPP, he was not happy with the suspension because he embarked on
vigorous campaign for a YES vote during the referendum.

GNA