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Nduom urges CPP parliamentary candidates to work hard for
victory
Baakoniaba (B/A), Oct. 15, Ghanadot/GNA – Dr. Paa Kwesi
Nduom, flagbearer of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), on
Tuesday appealed to aspiring parliamentary candidates,
organisers and women’s organisers of the party to overlook
the numerous problems confronting the party and sacrifice
for the party’s success in the December elections.
Dr. Ndoum was speaking at Baakoniaba, near Sunyani in
Brong-Ahafo at a seminar organised by the Institute of
Economic Affairs (IEA) for selected parliamentary candidates
and organisers of the party in Ashanti and Brong-Ahafo
Regions.
The seminar was under theme: Towards An Understanding of
Party ideology, organisation, strategy and issues for
election 2008”.
“I am confident that the CPP will win the elections, but
there’s a saying that heaven helps those who help
themselves. I am going to play my part and I expect each one
of you here to also do likewise”, he told the participants.
The CPP flagbearer explained that every political party had
its fair share of problems and there was therefore no point
for party executives at the grassroots level to complain,
but to put in their maximum best to enable the party to
annex power.
He said “victory was not far from the party, which however
did not mean that they should rest on their oars” but
rather, each member needs to work harder for the party’s
victory.
Dr. Nduom urged them “to go the extra mile” towards
achieving the party’s aim of winning at least 100 out of the
230 parliamentary seats, to improve its performance in the
2004 elections in which the party got three seats.
He said the CPP was not hoping for a second round voting,
but was going all out for a straight massive win of not less
than five million votes to improve upon the party’s 100,000
votes in 2004.
Dr Ndoum charged the party’s executives and polling station
chairmen to target market women and students in a mass
registration of new members within the next two months to
increase the membership and support base of the party.
“Polling station chairmen for example are known to be
vote-getters and must concentrate on working to get more
votes in the various stations through regular interactions,
visits and familiarizing with grassroots members”.
“This is more reasonable than conveying people in buses to
rally grounds, which is a waste of money. You shouldn’t give
vain promises to the electorate but to stress on the
10-point agenda for change that Ghanaians can feel in their
pockets”, he emphasized.
He dismissed the perception that the Ashanti Region was
reserved for the New Patriotic Party, saying the region was
part of Ghana’s territory with members of other parties
including the CPP.
The CPP flagbearer said rallies would soon be held across
the region and people would be overwhelmed by the level of
the party’s support base.
Dr Ndoum expressed his worry about the level of support and
enthusiasm the party received in Brong-Ahafo and urged the
party executives in the region to rise up to the challenge
and do well to register and market the party since “the CPP
has roots in the region”.
GNA
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