A presidential aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, has promised to provide exemplary leadership that will make “business as usual a thing of the past”.
“Once in every generation, the thinking and behaviour should change significantly, not only quantitatively, but qualitatively. What we need as a nation now to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and the middle income status of the nation by 2015, is a great leap into the future not small steps”, he said.
Mr Agyepong, a former Press Secretary to President J A Kufuor was briefing the Daily Graphic after his second nation-wide tour of the 230 constituencies of the NPP to explain why it was high time the delegates to the December 22 congress voted for a young, dynamic and visionary candidate to lead the party to victory.
He explained that President Kufuor had put the nation on a sound footing that required a leader who would initiate deliberate and proactive measures that would put the “nation on a war footing to drive our developmental agenda forward to catch up with the developed world. It is time for us to inject more vitality, passion and pace into the administration of this beloved nation of ours by working hard, 24 hours a day and seven days a week”.
He said he would place much emphasis on agriculture, especially agro processing and would put the commanding height of the economy in the hands of Ghanaians, establishment of industries among others, all through hard work.
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) trained engineer, explained that he would pursue a more progressive agriculture policy that would graduate the country from using the back-breaking hoe and cutlass farming that only produced for the local market to an exporter of added value agricultural products.
He explained that the strategy, apart from giving enough food to the populace and decent rewards for the hardworking farmers, would provide jobs for the teeming youth as well as foreign exchange for the country adding that “the nation has been blessed with adequate fertile land for food production and that his government would make agriculture serve as the basis for economic growth”.
He said his government would establish marketing companies similar to the Cocoa Marketing Board to purchase from the farmers and also dialogue with players in the business sector, like the Ghana Chamber of Commerce, the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), the Ghana Union Traders Association (GUTA), in an effective and proactive manner to enter add value to the nation’s produce for export.
Mr Agyepong said when such entities were provided with guaranteed and low interest financial assistance, such as the Venture Capital Fund in a form of long-term capital, they would be able to enter into agro-processing as well as other industrial activities.
“There were many in the business sector who had capital which they use to import goods from various countries, if given the nod as president, I will dialogue with and re-orient them to redirect some of their capital into agro-processing businesses to generate wealth and employment and help to improve on the living conditions of the people” he added.
He explained that the successful nations that the country wanted to emulate never made it through buying and selling, therefore, his administration would also ensure that the myriad of bottlenecks, including the severe conditionalities for accessing facilities and unfair competition from outside would not impede the effectiveness of policies that would support the local industries to be competitive on the international market.
Mr Agyepong expressed worry about the bureaucracies and red-tapeism which he said was affecting the smooth transaction of businesses by civil and public officials and stressed that he would not waiver to bring the full force of the law on any such officials.
Sounding very optimistic, he said the campaign had been very successful with the grassroots members of the party yearning for a candidate whom they are conversant with, could deliver the seat for the party and move the nation on the path of a accelerated development.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
NPP begins vetting of aspirants today
Story: Donald Ato Dapatem
THE New Patriotic Party (NPP) today begins the vetting of its aspiring presidential candidates to ensure that the aspirants qualify to contest the position of President of Ghana.
The nine-member vetting committee consists of five chairpersons of the standing committees of the National Council and three persons appointed by the council, one of whom shall be designated chairperson of the committee.
Briefing the Daily Graphic in an interview, the National Chairman of the NPP, Mr Peter Mac Manu, said the national council shall also ensure that at least two of the nine members were women.
Although he did not give any specific date for the submission of its report, he said the committee would finish its job before the congress in December 22 to give room for the filling of appeals, in any.
The members of the committee include Major Courage Quashigah, the Minister of Health, who is also the Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee; Brigadier Obeng, the Chairman of the Organising Committee; Mr Odoi Sykes, the Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee; Mr Peter Ala Adjetey, a former Speaker of Parliament and Chairman of the Constitutional Committee.
It is chaired by Prof Daniel Adzei-Bekoe, the Chairman of the Council of State. The two women include Madam Ama Busia.
Article 9 (C) (f) (iii) of the NPP constitution says, “The vetting committee shall disallow the candidature of any aspirant when it finds that such an aspirant does not qualify to be a presidential candidate. It shall submit such a finding in writing to the National Executive Committee, with a copy to the aspirant.”
Sub-section (iv) also states, “An aspirant who is dissatisfied with such a finding may appeal against it to the National Executive Committee within 48 hours of receipt of notice of the finding by filing an appeal in writing with the General Secretary. The National Executive Committee shall give its decision within seven days of receipt of the appeal. The decision of the National Executive Committee on the appeal shall be final.”
THE New Patriotic Party (NPP) today begins the vetting of its aspiring presidential candidates to ensure that the aspirants qualify to contest the position of President of Ghana.
The nine-member vetting committee consists of five chairpersons of the standing committees of the National Council and three persons appointed by the council, one of whom shall be designated chairperson of the committee.
Briefing the Daily Graphic in an interview, the National Chairman of the NPP, Mr Peter Mac Manu, said the national council shall also ensure that at least two of the nine members were women.
Although he did not give any specific date for the submission of its report, he said the committee would finish its job before the congress in December 22 to give room for the filling of appeals, in any.
The members of the committee include Major Courage Quashigah, the Minister of Health, who is also the Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee; Brigadier Obeng, the Chairman of the Organising Committee; Mr Odoi Sykes, the Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee; Mr Peter Ala Adjetey, a former Speaker of Parliament and Chairman of the Constitutional Committee.
It is chaired by Prof Daniel Adzei-Bekoe, the Chairman of the Council of State. The two women include Madam Ama Busia.
Article 9 (C) (f) (iii) of the NPP constitution says, “The vetting committee shall disallow the candidature of any aspirant when it finds that such an aspirant does not qualify to be a presidential candidate. It shall submit such a finding in writing to the National Executive Committee, with a copy to the aspirant.”
Sub-section (iv) also states, “An aspirant who is dissatisfied with such a finding may appeal against it to the National Executive Committee within 48 hours of receipt of notice of the finding by filing an appeal in writing with the General Secretary. The National Executive Committee shall give its decision within seven days of receipt of the appeal. The decision of the National Executive Committee on the appeal shall be final.”
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Osafo publishes assets
Story:Donald Ato Dapatem
DR Kweku Osafo, a leading member of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), has introduced a novelty into Ghanaian politics by becoming the first to publicly declare his assets ahead of a bid to vie for the number one post of the nation.
The Stanford University trained economist’s assets declaration and the sources were announced from a 32-page booklet posted on his web site at www.cpposafo.com and copies of which were distributed at a press conference at the International Press Centre in Accra on Wednesday.
The assets include a five, two and one-bedroom houses at East Legon, all acquired in 1999. They also include a three-bedroom house at Madina Redco Flats acquired in 1990, a three-bedroom house at Sakumono and a four-bed room house on a half-acre plot at Koforidua, completed in 2004.
Others are a three-bedroom storey building, a one-bedroom facility, both on a one-and-a-half acre land at Jumapo, New Juaben.
Dr Osafo, who is also a part-time cocoa farmer and a herbalist, has a 120-plot of land on the Aburi Hills acquired in 2000 and a 17-acre cocoa farm acquired five years ago at Bamso in Akyem Abuakwa.
He also declared a Mercedes Benz 180 Elegance, a Toyota Celica, a Jeep Wrangler and a Mazda RX 8.
He described the declarations as hardware assets and noted that he could not declare his bank accounts because currently he was not working and that was what he depended on.
He said he also received some rents from some of his property, but indicated that at the time of his possible swearing in, he would declare all.
On the sources of funds for the acquisition of the assets, he said apart from what he acquired as a teacher in Ghana, he bought his first car in 1968 after studies in Israel and three years’ work as an engineer.
While teaching at the University of Ghana, Legon, he got a loan of ¢ 1,000 (Gh¢ 1) in 1973 and purchased a land at East Legon and also purchased a couple of plots in Accra, some of which he later sold.
“By far, my major investments came through my job as a World Bank expert for eight years and later an economic adviser to a body which was funded by the African Development Bank from 1982 to 1985. My total income during this period was between $ 1.3m to $1.5m from which my various investments were made,” he added.
He said he had also worked as a Director of the Ghana Water Resources Management Study for two years and Project Director of the Ghana Government/EU Micro Project for five-and-a-half years.
He was also a National Consultant to the WTO/UNCTAD/ITC on the Evaluation of the Joint Integrated Technical Assistance Programme for Ghana, Ministry of Trade, Industry and PSI in June 2006.
According to him, one of the most effective ways of his administration, “when given the mandate to rule and exorcise the curse of corruption from the topmost hierarchy of government — President, ministers, judges and other top public officials — is through the declaration and publication of assets and liabilities periodically”.
Briefing the media about why the CPP should give him the nod to lead the party and later on as the president of Ghana, he added that he would update the declaration of his assets yearly and challenged all aspirants, irrespective of their political affiliations, to voluntarily do same.
Dr Osafo said in setting new standards in the fight against corruption, all contracts from the district to the national levels would also be published, while the right to information on all government transactions would be enforced and made transparent.
He said his government would also enter into agreements with international banks, the IMF, the World Bank and other countries to divulge all illegal financial transactions involving the president, his ministers and other top public officials to the public and the international courts for recovery of stolen funds and subsequent prosecution.
“My government would establish a leadership code that provides a firm check on unbridled corruption and self-aggrandisement, along the lines that incorruptible leaders like Dr Kwame Nkrumah and Mwalimu Nyerere established in respect of leaders, civil service, and political parties,” he said.
The engineer, economist, financial analyst, and management specialist said it was preposterous and a travesty that an underdeveloped country like Ghana should have leaders in government who were addicted to material display, luxury cars and palatial homes earned from corrupt practices.
He was not happy that although the adequate provision of food and water, shelter and security, sanitation and education were basic necessities for paupers and presidents alike, most Ghanaians leaders had rather focused their attention on the provision for a president and the privileged few.
Dr Osafo described as wasteful a situation where about 15 per cent of Ghanaians who had received quality education through the sweat of poor fishermen, farmers and labourers had “ become disdainfully elite, deceitful, arrogant, ostentatious and irresponsible in our development efforts”.
“Those at the top have short-changed the rest in the mistaken notion that they serve the public and must, therefore, enjoy the best the country has to offer at the expense of the basic needs of the majority. This sends the wrong message and is counterproductive in galvanising the collective efforts needed for development,” he said.
He said a Ghanaians president must understand the political nuances of the international finance institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the African Development Fund (ADB) of which Ghana was a member.
Dr Osafo noted that such institutions could be used for the advantage of Ghana, if the leaders planned and executed their home-grown development agenda with efficiency and frugality, but if they failed to do that the country would be a casualty of such institutions and be treated with medicine such as “incessant injections like HIPC”.
He said a CPP-government under his leadership would put up a five-year development plan which would set targets for all sectors of the economy, including the building of human resource needs and knowledge-based expertise in agriculture, water , petroleum, nuclear?????, ICT, medicine and journalism.
The specifics of the plan would include increased productivity of basic foods, raw materials and export crops; value addition by focusing on agro-processing and increased manufacturing in light industries and knowledge-based industries such as telecommunications, computers, software, education and pharmaceuticals, including local herbs.
The framework for the development would be highly decentralised.
DR Kweku Osafo, a leading member of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), has introduced a novelty into Ghanaian politics by becoming the first to publicly declare his assets ahead of a bid to vie for the number one post of the nation.
The Stanford University trained economist’s assets declaration and the sources were announced from a 32-page booklet posted on his web site at www.cpposafo.com and copies of which were distributed at a press conference at the International Press Centre in Accra on Wednesday.
The assets include a five, two and one-bedroom houses at East Legon, all acquired in 1999. They also include a three-bedroom house at Madina Redco Flats acquired in 1990, a three-bedroom house at Sakumono and a four-bed room house on a half-acre plot at Koforidua, completed in 2004.
Others are a three-bedroom storey building, a one-bedroom facility, both on a one-and-a-half acre land at Jumapo, New Juaben.
Dr Osafo, who is also a part-time cocoa farmer and a herbalist, has a 120-plot of land on the Aburi Hills acquired in 2000 and a 17-acre cocoa farm acquired five years ago at Bamso in Akyem Abuakwa.
He also declared a Mercedes Benz 180 Elegance, a Toyota Celica, a Jeep Wrangler and a Mazda RX 8.
He described the declarations as hardware assets and noted that he could not declare his bank accounts because currently he was not working and that was what he depended on.
He said he also received some rents from some of his property, but indicated that at the time of his possible swearing in, he would declare all.
On the sources of funds for the acquisition of the assets, he said apart from what he acquired as a teacher in Ghana, he bought his first car in 1968 after studies in Israel and three years’ work as an engineer.
While teaching at the University of Ghana, Legon, he got a loan of ¢ 1,000 (Gh¢ 1) in 1973 and purchased a land at East Legon and also purchased a couple of plots in Accra, some of which he later sold.
“By far, my major investments came through my job as a World Bank expert for eight years and later an economic adviser to a body which was funded by the African Development Bank from 1982 to 1985. My total income during this period was between $ 1.3m to $1.5m from which my various investments were made,” he added.
He said he had also worked as a Director of the Ghana Water Resources Management Study for two years and Project Director of the Ghana Government/EU Micro Project for five-and-a-half years.
He was also a National Consultant to the WTO/UNCTAD/ITC on the Evaluation of the Joint Integrated Technical Assistance Programme for Ghana, Ministry of Trade, Industry and PSI in June 2006.
According to him, one of the most effective ways of his administration, “when given the mandate to rule and exorcise the curse of corruption from the topmost hierarchy of government — President, ministers, judges and other top public officials — is through the declaration and publication of assets and liabilities periodically”.
Briefing the media about why the CPP should give him the nod to lead the party and later on as the president of Ghana, he added that he would update the declaration of his assets yearly and challenged all aspirants, irrespective of their political affiliations, to voluntarily do same.
Dr Osafo said in setting new standards in the fight against corruption, all contracts from the district to the national levels would also be published, while the right to information on all government transactions would be enforced and made transparent.
He said his government would also enter into agreements with international banks, the IMF, the World Bank and other countries to divulge all illegal financial transactions involving the president, his ministers and other top public officials to the public and the international courts for recovery of stolen funds and subsequent prosecution.
“My government would establish a leadership code that provides a firm check on unbridled corruption and self-aggrandisement, along the lines that incorruptible leaders like Dr Kwame Nkrumah and Mwalimu Nyerere established in respect of leaders, civil service, and political parties,” he said.
The engineer, economist, financial analyst, and management specialist said it was preposterous and a travesty that an underdeveloped country like Ghana should have leaders in government who were addicted to material display, luxury cars and palatial homes earned from corrupt practices.
He was not happy that although the adequate provision of food and water, shelter and security, sanitation and education were basic necessities for paupers and presidents alike, most Ghanaians leaders had rather focused their attention on the provision for a president and the privileged few.
Dr Osafo described as wasteful a situation where about 15 per cent of Ghanaians who had received quality education through the sweat of poor fishermen, farmers and labourers had “ become disdainfully elite, deceitful, arrogant, ostentatious and irresponsible in our development efforts”.
“Those at the top have short-changed the rest in the mistaken notion that they serve the public and must, therefore, enjoy the best the country has to offer at the expense of the basic needs of the majority. This sends the wrong message and is counterproductive in galvanising the collective efforts needed for development,” he said.
He said a Ghanaians president must understand the political nuances of the international finance institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the African Development Fund (ADB) of which Ghana was a member.
Dr Osafo noted that such institutions could be used for the advantage of Ghana, if the leaders planned and executed their home-grown development agenda with efficiency and frugality, but if they failed to do that the country would be a casualty of such institutions and be treated with medicine such as “incessant injections like HIPC”.
He said a CPP-government under his leadership would put up a five-year development plan which would set targets for all sectors of the economy, including the building of human resource needs and knowledge-based expertise in agriculture, water , petroleum, nuclear?????, ICT, medicine and journalism.
The specifics of the plan would include increased productivity of basic foods, raw materials and export crops; value addition by focusing on agro-processing and increased manufacturing in light industries and knowledge-based industries such as telecommunications, computers, software, education and pharmaceuticals, including local herbs.
The framework for the development would be highly decentralised.
4 parties form youth c’ttee for social harmony
Story:Donald Ato Dapatem
Four political parties with representatives in Parliament yesterday inaugurated an inter-party youth committee to foster peaceful co-existence and decorous exchange of ideas among them for national unity.
It also aims at reducing the suspicion of animosity and violence that were associated with the politically-active youth and to establsih a common platform for the discussion of common ideas of national importance in a frank and non-partisan manner among their membership.
It will also seek to ensure that policies and programmes instituted by authorities were in the best interest of the youth.
The parties that formed the committee are the New Patriotic Party (NPP), National Democratic Congress (NDC), the People’s National Convention (PNC) and the Convention People’s Party (CPP), with the help of the Youth Network for Human Rights and Democracy (You-net), facilitated and sponsored by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
Various speakers also commended the Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) for their role to bring the youth of various political parties together.
Leaders of the four political parties who graced the occasion commended the youth for the initiative to move away from the confrontational stance during engagements to the use of civil and mutual respect during exchanges.
They also expressed their readiness to ensure the success of the committee and urged the youth not to allow themselves to be used as agents for formenting trouble during electioneering.
Launching the committee, Messrs Haruna Iddrisu and Mr George Sarpong, the NDC National Youth Organiser and Executive Secretary of the National Media Commission (NMC), Mr Dan Botwe, a presidential aspirant of the NPP, called on the youth to sustain the committee for the benefit of the nation.
The National Chairman of the NPP, Mr Peter Mac Manu, said the party believed in freedom of the individual and democracy as well as tolerance for the ideas of its opponents and commended the youth groups for promoting such ideals.
He advised that those political parties that were seeking power must embark on their journey to capture power within the confines of the democratic process and with peaceful means.
He said those seeking the mandate of the people must endeavour to be decorous, courteous, tolerant of divergent opinions and ideas and not resort to the use of brute force and cohesion to achieve their aims.
Mr Mac Manu advised the youth that as the future leaders of the country, they should always shun such anti-democratic intents which could undermine the current democratic dispensation which was the envy of many unstable nations in Africa.
He commended the National Youth Organiser of the NPP, Mr John Buadu, for always advocating the need to respect and tolerate the views of ones opponents in all the NPP fora and meetings he found himself.
A deputy General Secretary of the NDC, Mr Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, traced the hostile nature of political discourse in the country to the 1950s and said unfortunately those negative tendencies had been carried over to the current political era.
He advised the current generation to endeavour to eschew such pronouncements and actions that had the tendency to erupt into nasty confrontations which culminated in loss of limbs and lives.
He expressed the view that the youth in the various political parties must muster courage and tell those who used them as weapons to attack their opponents caused trouble and that such attitudes were not good.
Mr Ankrah said such committees must include political stakeholders such as the Electoral Commission (EC), the Police Service, the media and representatives of the larger society to find solutions to the root causes of such political confrontations.
The General Secretary of the PNC, Mr Gabriel Pwamang, advised the youth of the political parties in government and in opposition not to use their incumbency to the disadvantage of the others, and added that politicians must not behave as if winning or losing an election was the end of their lives.
The National Chairman of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Dr Edmund Delle, said the CPP was created mainly by the youth because the party believed that they were the future leaders of the country and must be included in all decision making processes.
He expressed regret that it was the youth who were used by politicians to foment trouble at all times and advised them to channel their strengths and time to areas that the nation would benefit .
Mr Iddrisu called on the leadership of various political parties to strengthen the youth groups within their political parties to enable them actively and fully participate in all the parties activities. END
Four political parties with representatives in Parliament yesterday inaugurated an inter-party youth committee to foster peaceful co-existence and decorous exchange of ideas among them for national unity.
It also aims at reducing the suspicion of animosity and violence that were associated with the politically-active youth and to establsih a common platform for the discussion of common ideas of national importance in a frank and non-partisan manner among their membership.
It will also seek to ensure that policies and programmes instituted by authorities were in the best interest of the youth.
The parties that formed the committee are the New Patriotic Party (NPP), National Democratic Congress (NDC), the People’s National Convention (PNC) and the Convention People’s Party (CPP), with the help of the Youth Network for Human Rights and Democracy (You-net), facilitated and sponsored by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
Various speakers also commended the Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) for their role to bring the youth of various political parties together.
Leaders of the four political parties who graced the occasion commended the youth for the initiative to move away from the confrontational stance during engagements to the use of civil and mutual respect during exchanges.
They also expressed their readiness to ensure the success of the committee and urged the youth not to allow themselves to be used as agents for formenting trouble during electioneering.
Launching the committee, Messrs Haruna Iddrisu and Mr George Sarpong, the NDC National Youth Organiser and Executive Secretary of the National Media Commission (NMC), Mr Dan Botwe, a presidential aspirant of the NPP, called on the youth to sustain the committee for the benefit of the nation.
The National Chairman of the NPP, Mr Peter Mac Manu, said the party believed in freedom of the individual and democracy as well as tolerance for the ideas of its opponents and commended the youth groups for promoting such ideals.
He advised that those political parties that were seeking power must embark on their journey to capture power within the confines of the democratic process and with peaceful means.
He said those seeking the mandate of the people must endeavour to be decorous, courteous, tolerant of divergent opinions and ideas and not resort to the use of brute force and cohesion to achieve their aims.
Mr Mac Manu advised the youth that as the future leaders of the country, they should always shun such anti-democratic intents which could undermine the current democratic dispensation which was the envy of many unstable nations in Africa.
He commended the National Youth Organiser of the NPP, Mr John Buadu, for always advocating the need to respect and tolerate the views of ones opponents in all the NPP fora and meetings he found himself.
A deputy General Secretary of the NDC, Mr Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, traced the hostile nature of political discourse in the country to the 1950s and said unfortunately those negative tendencies had been carried over to the current political era.
He advised the current generation to endeavour to eschew such pronouncements and actions that had the tendency to erupt into nasty confrontations which culminated in loss of limbs and lives.
He expressed the view that the youth in the various political parties must muster courage and tell those who used them as weapons to attack their opponents caused trouble and that such attitudes were not good.
Mr Ankrah said such committees must include political stakeholders such as the Electoral Commission (EC), the Police Service, the media and representatives of the larger society to find solutions to the root causes of such political confrontations.
The General Secretary of the PNC, Mr Gabriel Pwamang, advised the youth of the political parties in government and in opposition not to use their incumbency to the disadvantage of the others, and added that politicians must not behave as if winning or losing an election was the end of their lives.
The National Chairman of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Dr Edmund Delle, said the CPP was created mainly by the youth because the party believed that they were the future leaders of the country and must be included in all decision making processes.
He expressed regret that it was the youth who were used by politicians to foment trouble at all times and advised them to channel their strengths and time to areas that the nation would benefit .
Mr Iddrisu called on the leadership of various political parties to strengthen the youth groups within their political parties to enable them actively and fully participate in all the parties activities. END
Monday, November 5, 2007
‘Don’t thwart NDC’s fund-raising efforts’
Story:Donald Ato Dapatem
(‘Don’t thwart NDC’s fund-raising efforts’)
THE National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr Kwabena Adjei, has issued a stern warning to the New Patriotic Party not to hinder the NDC’s legitimate moves towards resource mobilisation.
“If they stand in our way they would forever stay in opposition,” adding that the NDC would not tolerate such undemocratic tendencies from the NPP.
Dr Adjei, who was giving his closing remarks after the draw of the NDC Development Fund Raffle in Accra on Friday alleged that the NDC had received credible information that some of its supporters were being harassed by the NPP for financially supporting the NDC.
The first prize of the raffle draw which was supervised by officials of the Game Commission was won by Nii Ishmael Dodoo of the Odododiodoo Constituency. He will recieve a brand new Tata Salon car. Ticket number AI66205900300 won the second prize and had a double deck refrigerator. Mrs Lucky picked the third price of a television set.
Dr Adjei said much as the NDC would never impede the NPP in its efforts to raise funds it expected the NPP to also do the same.
He likened the alleged attitude of the NPP to driving the country into a culture of silence and preventing people from associating with political parties of their choice through threats.
He said the NDC believed in collective ownership, hence the use of the raffle for all members of the party throughout the country to contribute their quota for the development of the party.
The National Organiser of the NDC, Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, said the party was endowed with a rich human resource base but needed adequate financial and material resources to deploy the human resource in mobilising more votes for the party.
He said that it was for that reason that the party had organised the raffle to tap into the resource base of its supporters and admirers who were willing to help.
The General Secretary of the party, Mr Johnson Aseidu Nketiah, said the party did not believe in the notion that very few rich people should bankroll the party and call the shots.
(‘Don’t thwart NDC’s fund-raising efforts’)
THE National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr Kwabena Adjei, has issued a stern warning to the New Patriotic Party not to hinder the NDC’s legitimate moves towards resource mobilisation.
“If they stand in our way they would forever stay in opposition,” adding that the NDC would not tolerate such undemocratic tendencies from the NPP.
Dr Adjei, who was giving his closing remarks after the draw of the NDC Development Fund Raffle in Accra on Friday alleged that the NDC had received credible information that some of its supporters were being harassed by the NPP for financially supporting the NDC.
The first prize of the raffle draw which was supervised by officials of the Game Commission was won by Nii Ishmael Dodoo of the Odododiodoo Constituency. He will recieve a brand new Tata Salon car. Ticket number AI66205900300 won the second prize and had a double deck refrigerator. Mrs Lucky picked the third price of a television set.
Dr Adjei said much as the NDC would never impede the NPP in its efforts to raise funds it expected the NPP to also do the same.
He likened the alleged attitude of the NPP to driving the country into a culture of silence and preventing people from associating with political parties of their choice through threats.
He said the NDC believed in collective ownership, hence the use of the raffle for all members of the party throughout the country to contribute their quota for the development of the party.
The National Organiser of the NDC, Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, said the party was endowed with a rich human resource base but needed adequate financial and material resources to deploy the human resource in mobilising more votes for the party.
He said that it was for that reason that the party had organised the raffle to tap into the resource base of its supporters and admirers who were willing to help.
The General Secretary of the party, Mr Johnson Aseidu Nketiah, said the party did not believe in the notion that very few rich people should bankroll the party and call the shots.
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