UE NPP VOWS TO RETRIEVE PARTY ASSETS (PAGE 13, JUNE 16, 2010)

THE Upper East Regional Executives of the New Patriotic Party, (NPP), has vowed to use every available legitimate means to retrieve party assets, especially vehicles taken away by some immediate past executive members.
Speaking to the Daily Graphic at Bolgatanga, the Regional Organiser of the party, Mr Yaw Mort, maintained that all efforts to take over the vehicles in the possession of some former executives in the past had proven futile.
According to him, the party was last week Friday compelled to issue a 48-hour ultimatum to the affected persons to return the vehicles but as at last Monday when the ultimatum elapsed; none of the affected officials in possession of the vehicles returned the vehicles, which included pick-ups.
This had incurred the displeasure of the newly elected officers, who had vowed to take action within the confines of the law to get back the party assets.
Mr Mort would not go into details as to what measures would be taken to retrieve the items insisting that the party had decided to treat it as an internal party matter.
In all, the newly elected executives were demanding seven vehicles which they considered as party properties which had been registered in the name of the party but had been taken away by the old executives.However some of the affected officials are challenging the decision to retrieve the cars from them.
One such party officer, who asked not to be named, claimed it was a decision of the party for the officers to keep the vehicles which they alleged had been sold out to them.