‘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.