The Bono regional branch of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) is boiling over the regional secretary and treasurer’s removal of GH¢3,900.00 from the party’s account.
While the Regional Chairman, Mr. Salifu Ali Dayinday, claims that the Secretary, Mr. Titus Eshun, and Treasurer, Mr. Mike Ofori, withdrew the funds without his knowledge as the major signatory, the two officials argue that they did it on his (Dayinday’s) instructions.
The regional executive committee interdicted Mr. Eshun and Mr. Ofori as a result, but the two officers have requested the national leadership and party members to disregard the interdiction.
According to a letter signed by Mr. Dayinday, the executive committee had interdicted the two officers for conspiring to take the money from the party’s account at the Sunyani Market Branch of the GCB Bank without the chairman’s knowledge.
The letter read, “This letter is the official notice of your interdiction and prohibits you from performing any functions on behalf of the party pending disciplinary investigation and subsequent determination of your membership in the party.”
According to the letter, the two officials’ actions had been brought to the disciplinary committee in line with Article 113 (2) of the CPP Constitution.
“You are, therefore, directed to prepare handover notes. Any property which is in your possession must be handed over to the administrator latest by April 14, 2022.
Confirmation
Mr. Dayinday indicated to the Daily Graphic that the national executive granted the regional executive GH4,000 for the hiring of a location for use as a regional office.
He stated that because the sum was insufficient to finance the hiring of an office for an extended period of time, the party opted to keep it until it received additional funds for the purpose.
Mr Dayinday stated that he went to the bank last Tuesday to check the account and update the executive committee on its financial position.
“I was shocked to find that GH¢3,900 out of the GH¢4,000.00 we had in the account had been withdrawn,” he said.
He said that investigations from bank authorities indicated that Mr Eshun and Mr Ofori signed the cheque to withdraw the funds on March 11, 2022.
Mr Dayinday stated that efforts by both party officials and bank authorities to recover the funds after the act was discovered had been futile.
“Even though it is appropriate for us to have caused the arrest of the two officers, we want to use the party’s structures to arrive at a decision,” he stated.
Treasurer’s side
When contacted, Mr Ofori stated that the regional chairman had directed him to audit the accounts to see whether there had been any bank deductions.
“When I checked the account, I found out that the over GH¢4,200.00 had reduced to GH¢3,900.00 plus. I informed the regional secretary and we withdrew the GH¢3,900.00,” he said.
When asked why he did not notify the regional chairman, who is the primary signatory on the account, Mr Ofori stated that he was unaware the regional chairman was the primary signatory on the account.
“The money is with me. I will deposit it later,” he said.
Response letter
Mr Eshun’s response letter, which he made accessible to the Daily Graphic, verified Mr Ofori’s claim that the two withdrew the money on the chairman’s orders.
According to the letter, Mr Eshun and Mr Ofori were not interdicted at any regional executive committee meeting.
As a result, it urged CPP national executives to regard the interdiction as a “lie.”
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SOURCE: GRAPHIC ONLINE
