The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has implemented a one-month suspension for Professor Richard Kofi Asiedu, the Central Regional Chairman, and Sadique Broni Yeboah, the Assin Central Constituency Secretary, due to alleged anti-party activities.
The suspension was decided following a significant meeting involving the party’s national leadership, the Functional Executive Committee (FEC), and representatives from the Assin Central constituency.
This session aimed to address the recent controversies surrounding the party’s Assin Central parliamentary candidate, Nurein Shiabu Migyimah, who was accused of immoral behavior and actions detrimental to the party’s interests.
Mr Migyimah’s candidacy came under scrutiny after allegations surfaced that he impregnated the wife of the party’s Assin Central General Secretary.
Consequently, the NDC’s Central Regional Functional Executive Committee launched an investigation, leading to Migyimah’s suspension for six months pending a review by the Regional Disciplinary Committee.
However, in a recent development, NDC General Secretary Fifi Kwetey announced that the suspension and withdrawal of Migyimah’s candidacy by the Central Region’s NDC Secretariat were “null and void.”
He emphasized, “The letter originating from the Secretariat of the Central Region NDC purporting to withdraw the candidacy of the said Assin Central candidate, Comrade Migyimah and further suspending his membership of the party, is null and void, and stands withdrawn.”
Kwetey reaffirmed that Migyimah remains the NDC’s parliamentary candidate for Assin Central in the upcoming December 2024 general elections, stating, “Accordingly, Comrade Migyimah remains the NDC Parliamentary Candidate of Assin Central for the upcoming general elections in December 2024.”
This turn of events prompted the NDC leadership to call for the Central Regional Chairman to address concerns regarding the procedural violations in withdrawing Migyimah’s candidacy, highlighting the internal conflicts and procedural discrepancies within the party’s ranks.