The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) fired Frederick Ameyaw as director for external affairs, according to an official party statement on Thursday.
Kwame Amponsah-Kyeretwie, alias “Stonash,” takes his place immediately.
“This decision was taken by the national executive committee of the party at its meeting on Friday, December 23, 2022, pursuant to Article 10(7)(3) of the NPP Constitution,” the statement said.
Amponsah-Kyeretwie will be working in the office of the general secretary with the “specific responsibility of coordinating the affairs of the NPP’s external branches as well as the party’s relationship with sister political parties across the globe”.
Stonish has been an active member of the party’s external branches and has held various party positions within and outside the country, the statement said.
He also once served as the deputy communications director of the NPP-USA.