Head of the Department of History and Political Science at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Dr Richard Amoako Baah has asked a leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr. Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe, who was suspended by the Greater Accra Regional executives of the party to 'keep quiet'.
The Regional Chairman of the party Ishmael Ashitey suspended Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe following a petition filed against him by a member in the Ayawaso Constituency.
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The decision to suspend him, which was conveyed by the regional chairman for the party, Mr Ishmael Ashitey, followed a petition brought before the party by a member in the Ayawaso constituency.
But, in a quick response, Dr. Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe said the executives had no right to suspend him, and he is ready to fight them.
” I treat with contempt, the letter purportedly written by the Greater Accra Regional executives of the NPP on the 31st of December, 2015 suspending me from the party. The authors are just “gaping sycophants,” Dr. Nyaho-Tamakloe stated in a statement.
He said “the authors were in such a haste to attack me that they failed to respect the time-honoured principle of giving an accused the opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself. This so called suspension is of no moment and I will continue to fight for NPP’S ideals.”
Speaking on the issue, Dr Baah feels Nyaho’s approach was wrong and must wait until he appears before the probing committee.
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"If you have been suspended, especially for a senior member like that he should keep quiet and have his day before the committee that is going to investigate him. But to keep asking what about this and that in itself is not good.
"You don’t necessarily have to agree with Nana or whoever, but it is the way you go about it. When your party is in trouble and trying to bring peace in it, and you stand outside and keep leveling allegations against key members you are making the situation worse… but you pay a price if you don’t say it well. No organisation can survive without discipline in its membership."
Dr Amoako Baah added: "He should just keep quiet. He’ll have his day before them. After all, he is not in office in any capacity in the party hierarchy so how does that affect him, and that is why I am even surprised that he will even respond the way he has."