The New Statesman is reliably informed that there is uneasy calm among
the rank and file of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) over
what they described as “outsiders infiltrating and getting juicy
positions” within government.
This uneasy calm resulted in the General Secretary of the party,
Johnson Asiedu Nketia, also known as General Mosquito, storming the seat
of government, Castle yesterday around 11 a. m., with his “team” to
ostensibly question President Mahama about the rationale surrounding his
initial appointments.
The appointments of what NDC foot soldiers are describing as
“outsiders” has infuriated the rank and file of the party who believe
the early trends in the president’s appointments may be the tip of the
iceberg.
Sources at yesterday’s meeting at the Castle hinted the New Statesman
that General Mosquito expressed his displeasure about the appointments
being made by the president and sought assurances from him that the
initial appointments were merely a ‘blip on the radar”.
“Asiedu Nketia argued forcefully that President Mahama should not
disappoint the ranks of NDC supporters so as to give a glimmer of hope
to them,” a source at the meeting told the New Statesman.
Already, sentiments being gathered from NDC headquarters point to
supporters expressing their displeasure at the president’s appointments
and have warned of a possible rule of the mob that characterized the
entire duration of the Mills presidency.
“If the president cannot assure our grassroots supporters that he is
going to reward them handsomely for the work they have done in getting
him elected, then we cannot hold them back when they decide to hit the
streets, seize toilets and car parks etc. President Mahama must
immediately appease our supporters,” a top NDC functionary told this
reporter.
source: The New Statesman
Thursday, 10 January 2013
Asiedu Nketia angry; storms Castle over ‘unsatisfactory’ appointments
