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NPP has excellent chance of winning
2008 Election- Apraku
Elmina, June 15, Ghanadot/GNA- Dr Kofi Konadu Apraku, the
National Campaign Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP),
on Saturday said the party has excellent chance of winning
the 2008 Election because it has made a lot of progress in
its on-going campaign.
He said NPP was enjoying enormous support in and outside the
country, especially when the campaign team went to the
United States to source investment and solicit resources for
the country.
Dr Apraku said this indicated that the NPP would emerge
victorious, even though there were some challenges like the
capturing of more seats in the Volta Region and some parts
of the three Northern Regions.
The NPP National Campaign Director made these remarks when
he inaugurated the Central Regional Campaign Monitoring Team
at Elmina.
He urged the monitoring team to strategize and work harder
to strengthen the party at the regional level to ensure
sound victory in the December Election and said the group
was expected to “re-energize the support base of the Party.”
Dr Apraku said even though the NPP national delegates’
congress to elect a flag bearer resulted in divisiveness and
bitterness, the national campaign team has been able to
reconcile and unite all aggrieved members.
He urged the monitoring team to appreciate the “task ahead
and bring on-board” all members in the region to form a
formidable party that would be able to strategize and work
hard to ensure victory in the forthcoming polls.
Dr Apraku urged the chairman of the monitoring team, Mr
Kennedy Ohene Agyapong to initiate measures to reconcile all
aggrieved members of the party particularly, those who
become bitter after, the parliamentary primaries to enable
the NPP win all the 19 seats in the region.
Other members of the monitoring team were Nana Ato Arthur,
Central Regional Minister, Mr Kwamina Bartels, a leading
member of the party, Ms Mercy Arhin, Metropolitan Chief
Executive for Cape Coast and Mr Kwamina Duncan, NPP Regional
Secretary.
The rest were Alhaji Jibril, Regional Organizer, Nana Ama
Abrafi, Women’s Organizer, Mr Adjei Baffour, Mr Koranteng
Addo both members of the Party, Ms Yaa Arhin, an assembly
member and Mr Ekow Danquah-Smith.
He urged the monitoring group to articulate the concerns and
views of the zonal and constituency teams to the national
team.
Mr Mac Manu, NPP National Chairman, praised party members in
the region for performing “marvelously well” in the 2004
Election but said the issues at that tine were different
from the current situation.
He urged the monitoring team to accommodate divergent views
and suggestions and work harder to consolidate the NPP gains
to enable it to win the three orphaned seats in addition to
the newly created ones in the region.
Nana Arthur said the NPP has a difficult task ahead but it
would leave no stone unturned to win all the 19 seats in the
region and cautioned members against complacency.
Mr Agyepong urged members to work hard to solve all problems
in the party to enable NPP to score the “winning goal”
because, just like in soccer, both the NPP and the National
Democratic Congress have scored two goals and were awaiting
the penalty shoot-outs in the 200 Election.
GNA
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