14 NPP MEMBERS IN YILO REINSTATED (PAGE 12, NOV 9, 2010)

ALL the 14 members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Yilo Krobo Constituency in the Eastern Region who were expelled from the party in 2005 have been reinstated.
With this new development, their dismissal letters have been declared null and void.
They are Nicholas Addai, Okyeame Odum, Mathew Bawa, Moses Tetteh Kwao, Alex Adjirakor, Stephen Nartey, John Lartey, alias carpenter, Adjei Paddy, J. Tetteh, one Kwasi, Desmond Afutu, Phillip Okunor and I.K. Chartey.
According to a statement signed by Mr Kwashie Davies, Yilo Krobo Constituency Secretary of the NPP, their reinstatement followed a peaceful settlement of the issues involved at the constituency headquarters at Somanya which was presided over by Mr Fred Oware, the First National Chairman of the NPP and Mr Opare Hammond, Director of Finance and Administration of the party.
The statement said the reconciliation became possible after a committee formed by all the parties involved and chaired by the former immediate past District Chief Executive for Yilo Krobo, Mr Adu Tawia, waived the dismissal letters and declared them null and void on October 30, this year.
The statement indicated that the General Secretary of the NPP, Mr Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, who was happy with the peaceful settlement of the problem expressed his appreciation to the executive members of the party in the constituency, as well as the entire members for their efforts to resolve the matter amicably.
According to the statement, the former constituency Secretary of the NPP, Mr Stephen Nyadey, appealed to the members of the party in the constituency to forget about the past and unite to move the party forward to win the constituency seat in the 2012 elections.
Mr Moses Kwao, who represented the reinstated members, in a statement thanked the regional and national executives for their assistance in resolving the problem.
Present at the ceremony were Mr Stephen Nartey, constituency Chairman, Mr Richard Twum Barimah, 1st Vice Chairman, Enoch Tetteh, 2nd Vice Chairman, Kwashie Davies, Secretary, Esther Nuer, Women Organiser, Mary Osom, Deputy Women Organiser, Ebenezer Asodji, Financial Secretary and Paul Ayertey, Communication Officer.
Also present were the Regional Chairman of the NPP, Dr Samuel Annoh, Alhaji Omar Bodinga, the 1st Vice Regional Chairman as well as other members of the regional executive and a former Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Yaw Barimah.