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Former secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region, Sam Pyne has debunked reports of the party’s office in the region closed down over rent issues.
Reports were that the party has for the past three years not paid rent for its office in the region, and the office has been shut down from operations.[ads2]
Speaking on behalf of the party’s leadership in the Ashanti Region, Sam Pyne, who is currently the Kumasi Mayor, said the party owes no rent for occupying the building.
He said the party only last month made a payment of GHS 30,000 to the landlady and her family following an earlier GHS 50,000 payment to continue their occupancy.[ads3]
“I am surprised about the news item on social media that we owe… It is true that we rented the premises for our operations. We have an agreement with the landlady and I handed a cheque of GHS 50,000 to the family as continuation of our stay here. Just last month, we gave them additional GHS 30,000 as part of the agreement on the tenancy so I was surprised that someone was saying that we owe,” he said.[ads4]
“We pay for the electricity and water for the boys quarters so I am quite surprised. Discard that story. We don’t owe anybody… For whoever is making those claims we don’t have an agreement with that person. Those that we have an agreement with, they don’t have any issue with us.”
Mr. Sam Pyne however said the party is putting up its own structure to serve as the regional secretariat.[ads5]
