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Politics tamfitronics The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has rejected claims by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that it intends to politicise the Manhyia palace. Deputy General Secretary of the NDC, Mustapha Gbande, had suggested that the NPP intends to use the selection of Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, a royal from the Manhyia palace, to drag the revered traditional institution into partisan politics. But in an interview with Citi NewsHaruna Mohammed, the Deputy General Secretary of the NPP, described Gbande’s comments as unfortunate.“Unfortunately, when people are identified by where they come from, there is no doubt that Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh is from a royal gate and that is a fact. The chief touted this particular angle of which Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh comes.“Where lies the drawing of the Asantehene or the palace...