"We'll Use Good Weedicides To Take Out The 'Weeds' Worrying Us" - Nana Yaa Jantuah Slams Party Chair

The General Secretary of the Convention People's Party (CPP), Nana Yaa Jantuah has taken a swipe at the embattled chairperson, Nana Akosua Frimpomaa Sarpong Kumankumah, saying she will use 'good weedicides' to take out all weeds worrying both the leadership and members of the party.

According to Nana Yaa Jantuah, nobody can intimidate either the leaders or members of the party stressing that the CPP is not a corporate entity.

In an exclusive interview with Thinknewsonline.com on Monday at the Adabraka Police Station, she said "We are telling them that they should hold fast unto the banner of CPP. The cock is going to crow and crow victory for us. Nobody can intimidate us. This party is not for one person, it is not a corporate body. It is a body that has stood for the past 70 years. Kwame Nkrumah and some comrades formed this party and no one person can take charge of this party and decide to do whatever they want. The grassroots understands that we are behind them. We will fight to liberate this party so that in 2024, we will take out all the weeds. We will use good weedicides to take out the weeds that are worrying us and at the end of the day, victory will be for us”

Nana Jantuah also revealed that the grassroots of the CPP are ready for re-run since its chair did not cross the 50% or more of the votes cast at the party’s congress.

She said “Nana Akosua Frimpomaa Sarpong Kumankumah, our embattled chairman who did not get even 50% or more of the valid votes cast at the congress and we are going to do a re-run”

Responding to the invitation by the Adabraka Police, the General Secretary further expressed her disappointment at the party’s Chair for reporting the leaders to the state security service.

“She said that we have insulted her, said things about her which are not palatable. The way we run our political parties; these things are common. If so, Nana Addo would have taken everyone to the police station. People talk about what they think is not right, people speak their minds and they speak their minds in various languages and so it is not right for anybody who is an epitome of a mother, take anybody to the police station that they have spoken negatively about her”

“It is not right and unacceptable and even if she is not going to go through the process or a re-run, I think, the party of which she is already unpopular, will pass a vote of no confidence against her for bringing her leaders to the police station”

The General Secretary hinted that the National Executives Council of the CPP will be officially informed about the unfortunate situation.

“We are in a democratic dispensation and the issue of democracy transcends every asset of this country, the political party at home and everywhere. If anybody wants to sit on the democratic rights on any group of people, that is unacceptable”

Nana Yaa Jantuah noted that the leaders of the party did not agree to the Chairmanship of Nana Akosua Frimpomaa Sarpong Kumankumah.

She mentioned that covid-19 among others prevent the leaders from taking actions against Nana Akosua Frimpomaa Sarpong Kumankumah's chairmanship position.

“The Council of Elders said they erred and therefore, there is a dispensation for them to clear it up. We are going to clear it up. There is no statutory of limitation in our constitution. It does not tell us, what time and when we should do the re-run. We are in line and in-tune and we are going to make sure that our constitution work”

“If you are party that wants to take power in this country, then within ourselves, we have to know that our constitution must work”

The General Secretary reminded that the party Chair that it is only the NEC which has the right to interdict the National Officers and not Nana Akosua Frimpomaa Sarpong Kumankumah.

Nana Yaa Jantuah revealed that the party chair has redrawn GHc100,000 without the knowledge of the leaders of the party.

Story by: Joshua Kwabena Smith