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A new political party, National Labour Party (NLP) which is believed to have been formed out of the New Patriotic Party is to be officially launched Friday.

The party which is yet to be registered, has the human hand as its emblem and its said to be constituted by some known NPP gurus most of whom were Ministers, Deputy Ministers, MMDCEs, CEOs of public institutions under the erstwhile Kuffour administration.

The NLP is believed to have been formed from the NPP due to the chaos in the NPP which has culminated in the suspension of National Chairman Mr. Paul Afoko with his General Secretary, Kwabena Agyapong also facing a possible suspension as a petition to that effect has been filed with the party’s Disciplinary Committee.

Listowell Nana Kusi-Poku who resigned as the General Secretary of United Front Party (UFP) recently said he personally presented all necessary signed documents to the Electoral Commission [EC] to begin registration process of the party.

“I was surprised when these elders unanimously made me to sign all the documents that were sent to the electoral commission on Friday November 6th, 2015 as an interim General Secretary of the party.”

He was confident that the party was going to do a long haul in Ghana’s politics by making its self very relevant by coming up with ideas and programmes that will endear the party to Ghanaians.

“I believe that this party will fly, I was made to resign my position as the General Secretary of the UFP to help build this new party, my credibility is on the line, if the big men behind the party refuse to make their identities known to the public, I will be forced to mention their names. I have my reputation to protect.”

“President Kuffour is not giving this new party any backing. In fact there was a heated argument among members when the issue of whether he must be informed about the party was raised. Most of us thought he’ll not be in support of it should it come to his attention.”