The Women Organisers of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Northern Region have slammed Daniel Bugri Naabu, the partys chairman in the region, for spreading falsehood about the Minister for Children, Gender and Social Protection, Afisa Otiko Djaba.

According to Mr Naabu, the gender minister, who is also the NPP's Women's organiser, held the meeting without his knowledge and the regional executives of the party.

But in a strongly worded statement, the NPP women organisers warned him to stop peddling lies about the gender minister.

The statement explained that the minister "was in the region to represent the first Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akuffo Addo on the celebration of International Midwives day,being the national women organizer of NPP Madam Otiko Afisah Djaba decided to meet her women organizers."

"We want to state categorically clear that the meeting was only for the the minister to thank her women for working very hard to achieve a resounding victory and moreover to assure us of her commitment to see to the welfare of the women," the statement said."We want to clear the air on the purported lies in the news by the regional chairman that the minister came to introduce school feeding coordinators to them."We are solidly behind our Gender Minister and therefore we will not agreed with any individual who will undermine and disrespect her,'" the statement further noted.