{"id":1166107,"date":"2022-08-04T10:22:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T10:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/04\/when-you-want-to-be-upright-strong-and-honest-you-come-under-a-lot-of-persecution-mr-agyapong\/"},"modified":"2022-08-04T10:22:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T10:22:06","slug":"when-you-want-to-be-upright-strong-and-honest-you-come-under-a-lot-of-persecution-mr-agyapong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/04\/when-you-want-to-be-upright-strong-and-honest-you-come-under-a-lot-of-persecution-mr-agyapong\/","title":{"rendered":"When you want to be upright, strong and honest, you come under a lot of persecution &#8211; Mr Agyapong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2e339aa45f4f4360a57727ade6a3a629\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\">The former general secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Kwabena Agyapong has said that when you want to be upright, strong and honest, you come under a lot of persecution in the party. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\">Speaking on Citi TV\u2018s Point of View, Mr. Agyapong said though he selflessly served the party, he was persecuted. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\">Mr Agyapong says the party has been in power for 6 years since his suspension but they have not found any evidence against him for what they accused him of. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\">&#8220;Fortunately for us, we have been in power for six years and the party of the day has custody of all the information and nobody has been able to provide a shred of evidence concerning the very vicious and malicious propaganda that was churned against me.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\">He accused of violating article 3(d) of their law and also for <\/span><span style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87);\">engaging in \u201cunilateral actions and activities without seeking an authorization from the National Executive Council (NCE).\u201d<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\">In view of the above, Mr Agyapong was suspended together with the party\u2019s former National Chairman, and former National Vice Chairman, namely Paul Afoko, and Sammy Crabbe respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\">However, Mr Kwabena Agyapong&#8217;s suspension was lifted in 2021 after a marathon National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting reinstating him as a member of the party\u2019s NEC, Steering Committee and the National Council. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>To him,<span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\"> he did nothing wrong to deserve the kind of sanction he was given, <\/span>feels when you want to be upright, strong and honest, you come under a lot of persecution in the party. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/88a928f90cae4d93934e69f083ec193a\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: Lawrinda (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       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