John Boadu, Acting General Secretary of the New
Patriotic Party (NPP), has assured Ghanaians of the party’s commitment to ensure
a violence-free election.He said the NPP was ahead of the National
Democratic Congress in campaign strategies noting that the party does not want
to engage in any violent act that could mar the peace of the
country.
Speaking at a press conference in Tamale, Mr Boadu called on the
Electoral Commission (EC) and the Ghana Police Service to be fair, transparent
and objective in their duties.
Mr Boadu and Mr Dan Botwe, Member of the
NPP Campaign team are in the Northern Region to train and educate parliamentary
members of the party and its executives on regulations of this year’s
election.
He said the NPP has better ideas than its opponents stressing
that it was in the lead in winning this year’s crucial general elections saying
“our party has been crisscrossing the country preparing our members and
educating them on the new constitutional instrument (CI 94).
Mr Boadu
called on the EC to be very diligent in their responsibilities saying the
situation where electoral materials were sent late to the strongholds of the NPP
would not be acceptable.
“NPP will not accept faulty biometric materials
in its strongholds”, he said explaining that it was not fully satisfied with
some activities the EC had undertaken towards the December polls.
Mr
Daniel Bugre Naabu, Northern Regional Chairman of the NPP, appealed to the party
hierarchy to consider the large landmarks of the region and provide it with
means of transport to ensure efficient campaigning.
He said though the
party had little resources going into this year’s elections, it still believed
that the battle was the Lord’s adding, “we still need support from all those who
love the party ….any pesewa in this cause is welcome”.
Mr Naabu urged
supporters of the party to be very vigilant especially on the Election Day to
prevent any act of manipulation of the ballot. |
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