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A Deputy General Secretary of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Koku Anyidoho, has dropped hints of continued strained relations between General Secretary of the party, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah and National Organiser, Kofi Adams.

According to Koku Anyidoho, Kofi Adams tried to “usurp the powers” of the General Secretary with the press conference he organised last Wednesday to respond to the NPP’s ‘Wongbo’ demonstration that sought to convey the frustrations of the public on the national energy crisis.

In an interview on Oman FM’s Boiling Point progamme on Thursday night, Mr Anyihodo descended on Kofi Adams and accused him of by-passing party structures.

By Mr Anyidoho’s understanding of the NDC’s constitution, the General Secretary runs the secretariat of the party with his deputies and in his absence, the national treasurer and his deputies come even before the National Organiser.

He therefore does not understand why the National Organiser would by-pass these structures and organise a press conference without their knowledge.

He questioned why Kofi Adams organised the press conference to pour scorn on the 'Wongbo' demonstration whilst President Mahama in far away Gambia acknowledged that it was a wake-up call to end dumsor and that it was even an encouragement for him to do more.

According to Mr Anyidoho, if the NDC was in opposition, it would have demonstrated on the streets over dumsor. 

“Let us not abuse the communication channel. When you begin to abuse the communication tool of press conference, nobody takes you serious.”