The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has inaugurated an 11-member Constitution Review Committee to review of the constitution of the party on based on the amendment proposals received from members of the party.
The committee is chaired by the Deputy Majority Leader and MP for Effutu, Mr Alexander Afenyo-Markin.
Other members of the committee are MP for Akuapem South Lawyer O.B. Amoah, Lawyer Joseph Dindiok Kpemka, Lawyer Henry Kokofu, Lawyer Joyce Opoku Boateng, Lawyer Naana Nsafoa Sarpong, Dr. Richard Asante Yeboah, Dr. Alex Glover Quartey, Mr Kwodjo Afari, Lawyer Mujeeb Issah Kele and Alhaji Iddi Muhayu-Deen who is the Secretary to the Committee.
After swearing-in the members of the Committee, NPP General Secretary Mr John Boadu outlined Committee’s mandate.
This include, “compiling all the proposals for amendment into a single document for onward circulation to every Regional and Constituency office through my Office ahead of the Party’s National Annual Delegates Conference in line with Article 19 of the Party Constitution.
“The Committee will also be required to incorporate all the amendment proposals and motions that will eventually be adopted by the National Annual Delegates Conference into a new document, which then becomes the revised Constitution of the Party”.
Speaking for and on behalf of the members of the Committee, the Chairman, Mr. Alexander Afenyo-Markin, welcomed the rare opportunity to serve on the Committee and thanked the party leadership for the privilege.
He promised that the committee will effectively discharge its mandate in furtherance of the party’s interest and to vindicate the confidence that has been reposed in them.
NPP is expected to hold its 2021 National Annual Delegates Conference, to among other things, consider the review committee’s Report, from Saturday, 18th December to Monday, 20th December, 2021, at the Baba Yara Sports stadium in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital.
