Be calm and support your leaders in Parliament - NDC Council urges members
The Council said the Caucus Leadership have since pledged to uphold the principles and values of the party
Jonas Danquah 
The Council of Elders of the opposition NDC has urged party supporters to remain calm and offer the needed help to its parliamentarians.
This follows complaints by some members of the party, that the leadership of the Minority caucus in the Parliament failed to represent the party’s interest in Parliament by approving all ministerial nominees of President Akufo-Addo.
But after a meeting between the Council of Elders, the leadership of the NDC and the caucus in Parliament on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, the party says the leadership in Parliament has pledged to “uphold the principles and values of the party in our collective bid to develop our country.”.
“The Council and the Caucus leadership collectively agreed that the incident of 3rdMarch 2021, was regrettable and unfortunate, and runs contrary to the principles and values of the party….The Council urged the national leadership of the party to resolve issues relating to the caucus leadership in Parliament and called on the rank and file of the party to remain calm, and provide the needed support to our Caucus in order to hold the Akufo-Addo government strictly to the principles of probity and accountability,” excerpts of a statement from the Council of Elders said.
Read the full statement below:
The Council of Elders of the National Democratic Congress met with the Leadership of the NDC and it’s caucus in Parliament at the instance of the Council today 16th March 2021, following an earlier meeting of the council with Party Leadership on Tuesday 9th March, to discuss issues relating to the recent developments in Parliament arising from the approval of some Ministers designate.
The Council and the Caucus leadership collectively agreed that the incident of 3rdMarch 2021 was regrettable and unfortunate, and runs contrary to the principles and values of the party. The Caucus Leadership have since pledged to uphold the principles and values of the party in our collective bid to develop our country.
The Council urged the national leadership of the party to resolve issues relating to the Caucus leadership in Parliament and called on the rank and file of the party to remain calm, and provide the needed support to our Caucus in order to hold the Akufo-Addo government strictly to the principles of probity and accountability.
The Council remains confident that the party will emerge from these challenges more united and focused to take on the government, as the NDC strives in pursuit of an inclusive Ghana.
Issued in Accra on Tuesday 16th March 2021
Signed
Alhaji Mahama Iddrisu
Chairman, Council of Elders
