Stephen Ntim, National Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), has issued an unequivocal apologies to the management of UTV after some disgruntled party youth unlawfully invaded the TV station’s studios.
On Saturday, October 7, 2023, during the live broadcast of United Showbiz, a mob of NPP members stormed the UTV studios and demanded the expulsion of the show’s regular commentator, Kwame Asare Obeng, aka A Plus.
The organization was outraged when A Plus tore up a letter from the NPP leadership to UTV management asking a reform of the United Showbiz panel.
Chairman Ntim, clearly dissatisfied with the behavior of the NPP youth, stepped into the Peace FM studios on Thursday and loudly criticized their actions.
In rendering the apology, he assured that the party leadership will ensure that such reprehensible action is not repeated.
In his apologies, he promised that the party’s leadership would take steps to prevent such heinous behavior from happening again.
“On behalf of the party, I’m rendering an unqualified apology to the management of Despite media, to you Kwami Sefa Kayi and all Ghanaians for what happened. The NPP tradition does not countenance such misbehaviour as we are noted to be disciplined people.
“I want to assure you that going forward the party leadership will ensure that no such reprehensible act is repeated. We will be guided by discipline in our actions, you can count on us,” In an interview, Chairman Ntim informed Host Kwame Sefa Kayi.
He went on to say: “You know me, there have been several incidents where I have been provoked but I never reacted and always maintained my cool and this is the sort of quality I want to transcend to party members from the National to polling station levels. I want everyone to have self-control in our political discourse.
“Internally, we will put measures in place to ensure that this sort of behaviour does not reoccur. This assurance goes to all media houses across the country.”
