The President of UTAG-UG, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has characterized the Chief Executive Officer of the National Lotteries Authority (NLA), Sammi Awuku, as a civil individual.

Professor Gyampo stated that he appreciated the manner in which Sammi Awuku responded to Alan Kyeremanteng's resignation from the NPP primaries.

Following Alan’s withdrawal from the primaries, Sammi Awuku called for unity among party members and asked the supporters of the presidential candidate aspirants to not use inflammatory words against themselves.

In an interview with Citi News’s Point of View, Prof Gyampo said “ I must commend Sammi Awuku, he is very mature and civil, even when he disagrees with you. And this is the posture that those who speak for Dr.Bawumia should have. I am proud to have taught him”

His comments come at the back of the resignation of Alan Kyeremanten from the NPP primaries.

In a statement released on Tuesday, September 5, NPP flagbearer hopeful Alan Kyerematen announced his withdrawal from the NPP’s flagbearer race citing several reasons

He mentioned intimidation, and violence against a member of his campaign team and claimed that the party strategically organised the super delegates conference to favour one candidate over the others as some of the reasons for his decision.

Mr Kyerematen stated that pronouncements made by some leading members of the party before and after the elections lend weight to his observations.

“After having carefully analysed the results of the said elections, it is absolutely clear to me from events leading to, during and after the elections, that the Special Delegates Conference was strategically and tactically skewed in favour of one particular aspirant.”

“The level of intimidation of varying intensity, directly and indirectly, unleashed on a significant number of Delegates at various Voting Centers across the sixteen regions, is unprecedented in the history of our Party,” parts of the statement read.

However, Professor Gyampo has advised the party to promptly address his concerns in order to prevent any potential issues of disunity from arising.