The Kusaug Traditional Council (KTC) has lifted the suspension on political activities of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
The Kusaug Traditional Council suspended the political activities of the NPP and instructed its members who are aligned with the party to distance themselves from its Presidential Candidate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
The suspension followed the alleged smuggling of the Mamprusi fugitive, Seidu Abagre, into Bawku, which resulted in the resurgence of the longstanding conflict in the area.
During its press conference on October 28, the Council stated that its decision was based on the conviction that the government, particularly Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who is a Mamprusi, is complicit in the illegal activities perpetrated by the Mamprusis regarding the Bawku chieftaincy.
However, in a statement issued on November 8, the Kusaug Traditional Council said, “Even though we have not seen any concrete action by the government to arrest the fugitive, Seidu Abagre, we have, nonetheless, decided to lift the suspension of the political activities of the NPP in all the six constituencies of Kusaug.
“We have arrived at this decision, taking into consideration the compliance of members and leadership of the NPP in Kusaug who have acknowledged the authority of the Zug-Raan and the Kusaug Traditional Council, coupled with the intervention by the Upper East Regional Minister through the President-elect of the Upper East Regional House of Chiefs (Chiana Pio), and have thus lifted the suspension.”
The Council acknowledged that the New Patriotic Party parliamentary candidates have also expressed their revulsion at the unsatisfactory manner in which the NPP government has handled the misconduct of the settler Mamprusis.
“We recognize that the New Patriotic Party parliamentary candidates are our own who have equally expressed their revulsion at the unsatisfactory manner by which the NPP government has handled the misconduct of the settler Mamprusis.”
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