NPP writes to RCC to furnish it with details of payment by NDC

The Northern Regional Secretariat of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has asked the Northern Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) to furnish the party with details regarding the use of the facility by the NDC for its regional executive vetting on Sunday. In an official letter written to the Northern Regional Coordinating Director intercepted by Fiila News, signed by the Northern Regional Secretary of the NPP, Sule Salifu stated that the party takes serious exception to the use of the Northern Regional Co-ordination Council as the NDC Regional Secretariat for the vetting of its aspirants on Sunday the 1^st November, 2014. According to the letter of the NPP, the regional director of election of NDC, Tanko Rashid-Computer on Monday 3^rd of November purported to have indicated in an interview on a sister radio station in Tamale that the party had paid for the facility before using it.  On Monday, the NPP issued a statement raising a number of concerns regarding the use of the RCC for the NDC personal gains, hence condemning the act. The NPP alleges the facility was used free which is illegal since is a state property which shouldn’t be used for such party activities. The Party in their letter is therefore requesting the RCC to furnish it with details of payment by the NDC to enable them cross check. Meanwhile, the regional director of election of NDC, Tanko Rashid-Computer in an interview indicated that they had followed the due processed in acquiring the facility but however declined to accept whether financial commitment was part of the process of acquiring the facility. He condemned the NPP for being mischievous describing their propaganda as a lazy way of politicking. 

Source:Saaka Alhassan