Confusion has rocked the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ahafo Ano South East Constituency of the Ashanti Region as an internal dispute over the allocation of a School Feeding Programme contract has exploded into the public domain, with chilling threats issued against popular Ghanaian actress Vivian Jill Lawrence.

The controversy was ignited by a leaked WhatsApp voice note in which the NDC Constituency Women’s Organizer, known as Meeri, launched a scathing and threatening attack against Vivian Jill.

The voice note, now widely circulated on social media, exposes deep-seated tensions within the party’s grassroots, highlighting the recurring friction over contract allocations and perceived favoritism.

At the heart of the dispute is an allegation that Vivian Jill—who is based in Kumasi—was awarded a contract to oversee the School Feeding Programme in the Ahafo Ano South East area.

School feeding contracts were recently abrogated with explanation from the Gender and Social Protection Minister, Agnes Naa Momo Lartey that the project was to undergo auditing. However, it has turned out that the essence of the abrogation was to award the contracts to NDC women including Vivian Jill.

Meeri, in her voice recording, claimed she had not even received her official appointment letter as constituency women’s organizer in charge of the school feeding project, yet the actress had supposedly been given authority from Accra to operate within her jurisdiction.

“How does it happen that as the constituency women’s organizer, I have not received my appointment letter, but someone from Kumasi receives an appointment letter from Accra to be walking about in my constituency seeking to execute school feeding? Waalahi, it won’t happen,” Meeri fumed.

The voice note took a darker turn as Meeri described how she rushed to confront Vivian Jill upon receiving information that the actress was present in the constituency.

However, she claimed the actress had left before she could confront her.

Undeterred, Meeri recounted making a direct phone call to Vivian Jill, during which she issued a grave threat.

“I have told Vivian Jill herself to dare come to cook if she is a woman. The very hand she intends to cook with, or the hand of whoever she will send to come and cook, she will return with amputated hands. I will personally chop off her hands, I, Meeri, said so,” she threatened.

Her statements, laced with anger and a sense of betrayal, underscored her frustration with what she described as years of tireless party activism being ignored in favor of outsiders.

She accused the party hierarchy, particularly the Ashanti Regional Women Organizer, Gloria Huze, of bypassing her and local party faithful who toiled during campaigns, only to be denied access to opportunities like the School Feeding contracts.

“Do you think we are fools? When you finish using us to work, you begin to see us as fools. You think you are the only ones worthy of riding in cars, the only ones worthy of building houses,” Meeri lamented.

The School Feeding Programme, which seeks to provide daily meals to pupils in public basic schools, has become highly politicized over the years.

Given its economic value and employment opportunities, the programme has been a hotspot for internal political struggles across party lines.

The awarding of contracts, often done at regional or national levels, has repeatedly triggered grievances among local party operatives who feel sidelined after election victories.

While Meeri’s threats have sparked public outrage, neither Vivian Jill nor the NDC’s national or regional leadership has responded to the allegations or addressed the volatile language used by their constituency official.