NPP must intensify campaign towards 2012

Jan, 2011
Story: Emmanuel Adu-Gyamerah, Techimantia
THE New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Tano South in the Brong Ahafo Region, Mr Andrew Adjei-Yeboah, has urged supporters of the party to intensify their preparations toward wresting power from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2012 elections.
“We don’t have to wait for next year before intensifying our campaign”, the MP said and called on the party’s officials at the grassroot to adopt strategies to educate the people about the good works of the NPP during its eight years in government.
Mr Adjei-Yeboah, who was addressing members of the party at Techimantia in the Tano South District, however stressed that the NPP would be able to kick NDC out of office only if there was unity among its rank and file.
“”Let us close our ranks and resolve not to bite ourselves. Our energies should be directed towards dethroning the NDC and not to fight among ourselves”.
The MP said recent events in the country gave clear indications of the fact that Ghanaians made a wrong choice during the 2008 general elections since the NDC had shown that it lacked ideas and strategies to improve on the lives of the people. Mr Adjei-Yeboah said the NPP did very well during its administration and urged the supporters not to feel shy to propagate such good policies in order to win more people to the party’s side.
Turning to development projects in the constituency, the MP said he had been able to use his share of the various funds to bring about development in the area.
He mentioned the construction of clinics and a 200-capacity girls’ hostel and a bungalow for the housemistress of the Techimantia Presbyterian Secondary/Technical School.
Mr Adjei-Yeboah said it was unfortunate that work on a number of road projects started by the NPP administration had come to a halt and stressed that it was wrong for social amenities to be distributed on political lines.
“I have not discriminated in the provision of infrastructure and scholarships during my tenure of office”, he said and called on the Tano South District Assembly to be fair in the distribution of social amenities.
The MP thanked the people for their continued support for him and wished them a prosperous New Year promising to continue to serve them in humility.
The Chairman of the Tano South Constituency of the NPP, Mr Asare Antwi, said all efforts were being made to ensure that the party retained the Tano South seat and urged other executives in other constituencies where NDC MPs were occupying the seats to work hard to wrest such seats.
The Constituency Organiser, Mr Kwabena Adjei, urged polling station chairmen in the area to start organising programmes in their units since it was through such programmes that they would be able to win more supporters for the party.