Ashie Moore And Nii Okai Laeyea Stoke Fresh Fire!---In Greater Accra Regional NDC

The current gross professional misconducts being exhibited by the newly-elected Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Emmanuel Nii Ashie Moore and co-opted member of the NDC in the region, Nii Okai Laeyea are causing uneasy calm in the party which has tendency to destroy the party chance of winning more seats in the region of the 2024 general elections.

The gross misconducts of the two top shots of the NDC have incurred the wrath of the Greater Accra Regional Secretary of the NDC, Mr Theophilus Tetteh Chaie.

In a strong worded petition to the National Chairman of the NDC, Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah and copied to Soireenews. com, Mr. Chaie noted that "I write to petition your outfit on the conduct of the above which is contrary to lay down party procedures which if not addressed immediately will lead to disunity and lack of cohesion and therefore mar the effort of the party in consolidating the gains made in the Greater Accra Regional NDC in the last elections."

Articulating the reasons for the petition, Mr Chaie pointed out that Mr Ashie Moore disregarded "my advice not to circumvent the already laid down party guidelines for the Constituency elections in the case of Amasaman."

According to Mr. Chaie, his boss disregarded the suspension of the former Constituency Chairman (Kofi Zoryiku) by the then General Secretary of the party by reinstating him and included him in the election processes although he had not gone through the election procedures. 

He pointed out that the Greater Regional Regional Chairman also included Mr. Thompson an aspirant who was disqualified per the mandatory disqualification in the guideline and whom a petition had been brought against. 

Mr. Chaie explained that Mr Ashie Moore did this with the connivance of Hon. Nii Okai Laryea and some of the Regional executives. 

Additionally, Mr. Chaie asserted that Mr Ashie Moore then tasked "me [the Regional Secretary Theophilus Tetteh Chaie to write a letter to the Electoral Commission and the Amasaman Divisional Police informing them of the impending elections and I refused because it was contrary to party election guidelines and procedures.]

According to him, the issue is still pending and I plead that the Chairman and Nii Okai Laryea be stopped from carrying out this illegality. 

He stated that the Greater Accra Regional

Chairman has assigned himself the role of Regional Secretary and wants to run the day to day administrative activities of the party with no regards to the Regional Secretary. 

"As a result of that some of the constituencies that were very stable are now having challenges due to his interference in their affairs. He storms into the meetings without recourse to the Regional Secretary and gives directives which are contrary to party rules and regulations and also injurious to party unity and cohesion.

"As a results of his actions petitions have been brought to the region from the following constituencies (Adentan, Ablekuma West, Ablekuma Central, Odododiodioo) due to his interference without recourse to party structures," he explained.

He mentioned that Mr Ashie Moore attempt to circumvent the work of the Regional Secretary by creating his own rules and regulations as to how the Secretary should operate include the following.

He indicated that Mr Ashie Moore attempts to authorize the Greater Accra Regional Administrator to be the sole signatory of Party letters, a responsibility assigned to the Regional Secretary. 

He said Mr Ashie Moore attempts to prevent the Regional Deputy Secretary from writing and keeping minutes. 

He maintained that Mr Ashie Moore is 

attempting to change the party’s organizational party structure by making the organizer the head of the secretariat. 

"In my resistance to this unconstitutional ways of doing things, at our last meeting held on 10th January, 2023, Nii Okai Laryea assaulted me the Regional Secretary when I was exiting the office for lunch in the full glare of some party executives and members who came to transact business. 

"He ordered the security man to lock the main gate thereby preventing me from exiting. In my attempt to stop him he assaulted me. This is an anti-party conduct on the part of Hon. Nii Okai Laryea a co-oped member to assault the Regional Secretary for no offense and I wish this matter is investigated and culprit brought to book," he revealed.

He disclosed that the Greater Accra Regional

Chairman of the NDC a day before the National Congress assaulted the Deputy Regional Secretary in the full glare of party executives from all the Regions in the hall where party accreditation were being sorted out. He himself has setup a committee to look into the matter. 

"At our maiden meeting with our Caucus Members of Parliament, he showed an unruly behavior to them, which is contrary to party code of conduct. 

"The same way he led some of the Regional Executives to show disrespect to our Regional Council of Elders. Hon. Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, Hon. Sam George, Mr. Danny Anang can be contacted on this issue. 

"The attempt by the Chairman to make his own rules which is contrary to the dictates of the party’s constitution will not be countenanced since it’s contrary to party constitutional provisions," Mr Mr. Chaie,

  

Mr. Chaie stressed that "l am therefore counting on your good office to ensure that, the issues raised are dealt with expeditiously to avoid the breakdown of law and order in the region."