In the ongoing New Patriotic Party Super Delegates congress, Kennedy Agyapong, the candidate for flagbearer, has brought up the issue of voter incentivizing.
Some delegates, according to Mr. Kwame Owusu, camped out at a hotel in Kumasi.
He steadfastly declined to give the name of the candidate who may have camped the aforementioned delegates.
“I am saying that with certainty. NODA Hotel is owned by a gentleman from my own village, Asotwi. People were camped there. I saw people camped. The name was not written Kennedy Agyapong or whatever but whoever did it, whether it’s Ken or whoever, it’s just wrong,” he told JoyNews, monitored by InsightNewsgh.com.
According to Mr. Kwame Owusu, the nation has reached a point where its citizens must “move with civility.”
According to the campaign manager, inducement is not a concern for his team because he sees it as a “normal process.”
However, he went on to say that with the development of technology and the focus on digitization, people shouldn’t congregate at a specific location to receive information, especially when elections are approaching.
Richard Ahiagbah, the NPP’s director of communications, responded to the allegations by claiming that no supporting data had been provided.
“He didn’t give us anything beyond the assertion that he saw people going in there and so people going in there are being camped. But I don’t think that that is sufficient basis for any investigation to be commenced.”
Contrary to Mr. Kwame Owusu’s observation, he said, other delegates with whom he had virtual contact were in their respective homes.
He added that it’s okay for people to stay in hotels if it makes them more comfortable.
956 delegates are expected to vote at the current NPP Super Delegates Congress to choose the top five candidates.
Later this year, a final internal election will be held to choose the party’s flagbearer.
