The New Crusading GUIDE has learnt that tension is brewing in the Effutu Constituency of the National Democratic Congress in the Central Region over allegations of financial malfeasance levelled against the party’s parliamentary candidate, Mr. Eric Don-Arthur .
Following these allegations, the constituency chairman, Paa Nii Lamptey is reportedly on the heels of the Parliamentary candidate, accusing him of setting up an account being used to solicit funds from well wishers to aid his campaign whereas about US$1million handed over to the candidate to facilitate some projects for fisher folks in the constituency cannot be properly accounted for.
The Effutu constituency was recently in the news over outboard distribution to these same fisher folks where the sitting New Patriotic Party (NPP) of the area, Mr Alex Afenyo-Markin was accused of some wrongdoing.
Though the MP did not officially respond to the issues, the matter died a natural death after failed attempts by opponents to throw mud at him. Interestingly the same party has turned it guns on their own candidate, accusing him of short-changing the fisher folks.
Paa Nii Lamptey, the constituency chairman for the NDC at the Effutu constituency attempting to purge himself from allegations of fraud and corruption openly blew the lid of Mr Don Arthur’s overt and covert actions.
On the platform of the NDC, Paa Nii as he is popularly known, wrote to inform the entire members of the party in the constituency and the region about the activities of Mr Arthur and called on the party hierarchy to call the candidate to order.
In his post on NDC platform, he wrote, “I wrote an article few weeks ago and my Party Members (NDC) were furious.
“I have the honour of been a goodwill Chairman to ask Eric Don Arthur to account for the $1million given to him to facilitate the fisherfolks.
Therefore, I'm dissociating myself from him and have no knowledge of the "CPAID" account he created on all networks with the Short code 1947 asking Ghanaians to donate Ghc1 to help him build a CP FACILITY in the constituency.”
He continued, “I will not allow anyone to use the name of the Party for business. If I was to be Eric Don Arthur, I would have learnt a lot from the just ended Keep Fit of our opponents and the message the MP was sending across.”
MP: Wearing GREEN and WHITE top with NPP shirt inner.
“MEANING: Those around him (Eric Don Arthur) are all fake. They are all deceiving him by wearing NPP shirt inner whiles the NDC shirt is on top. That was the message of the GREEN and WHITE top the MP was wearing, sending across.”
The constituency chairman further stressed that, “I, Paa Nii Lamptey is hereby cautioning you Eric Don Arthur to be careful and restrain from those ungrown toothless boys. A word to a wise is enough.”
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