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NPP well prepared for
2008 elections - Mac-Manu
Ho, Oct. 30, Ghanadot/GNA - Mr Peter Mac-Manu, National
Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Tuesday, stated
that the Party was "battle ready" for the 2008 presidential
and parliamentary elections.
He observed that the Party's structures were intact and well
organized to win the general elections.
Mr Mac-Manu said this when he addressed constituency
executives and other Party officials in the Volta Region at
a strategic review and capacity building workshop in Ho on
the theme, " Consolidating our gains".
He stated that the NPP remained the best-organized political
party in Africa with good structures and urged activists of
the party not to be moved by the National Democratic
Congress' (NDC) door-to-door campaign.
Mr. Mac-Manu said the Party was aware that elections were
won at the polling station level and was living no stone
unturned to develop positive relationships with polling
station agents to boost their morale towards a "comfortable
battle" in 2008.
" Teamwork at the constituency levels would not be
compromised but improved upon for sweet victory", he said.
He commended the Party's presidential hopefuls for adhering
to the Party's code of ethics for campaigning and advised
party officials to be careful with their utterances not to
derail Party unity.
Nana Ohene Ntow, General Secretary of the Party, said the
Party was not leaving anything to chance in the 2008
elections and was working hard to consolidate the gains made
so far.
He said the Party had not gone to sleep neither was it
resting on its oars, which should not surprise anyone if it
won power in 2008.
Mr Kenwuud Nuworsu, Volta Regional Chairman of the NPP, said
the Party had become the most popular and visible political
party in the region and stated that the 2008 elections would
be tough for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the
region.
He observed that membership drive in the Party was high and
that the current subscription for membership cards had gone
far above what was available.
Mr Nuworsu attributed the Party's failure to meet the target
of between seven to nine parliamentary seats in the region
to "internal lapses and damage" and pledged the resolve to
meet the same target in the 2008 elections.
GNA
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