With less than fifteen days to the crucial
parliamentary and presidential elections, members of the opposition New
Patriotic Party (NPP) across the world are leaving no stone unturned in their
quest to wrestle political power from the ruling National Democratic Congress
(NDC).And, knowing very well the importance of their polling agents in
realising their victory, the Bouake Fun Club of the NPP in La Cote d’Ivoire has
donated 150 bags of rice and 20 gallons of cooking oil at a cost of GH¢5,000 to
the Ashanti Regional party office, to aid in the party’s preparations in the
various polling stations.
Led by Abraham Amoako, Chairman of the group,
they believe such donations are vital in ‘protecting’ the victory and verdict of
the good people of Ghana, because, “it is when we fail to adequately cater for
out agents that the NDC can think of bribing them…this happened during the 2012
elections, but not this time.”
According to Mr. Amoako, the gesture forms
part of efforts to ensure that the party is ready and adequately resourced for
victory, because it stands a greater chance of winning this year’s elections
than ever, considering the historic hardships created by President Mahama and
his incompetent NDC government.
“Let me assure all of us here that, this
time, we are poised. We have learnt our lessons in a bitter way, and we will
resist any move by them to even think of using the state security to intimidate
our people or rig this election,” the Chairman assured.
According to the
NPP group, they were moved by the belief that this year’s elections were theirs
for the taking, and the only way they could do this, in their own small way, is
the little donation to facilitate movement.
According to the NPP group,
with the demand of Ghanaians for the return of the NPP to power, it places a
duty on the party to re-group and strengthen its outreach programmes, to enable
it wrestle political power from the NDC.
“We have a battle to fight and
Ghanaians are waiting for us to rescue them in 2016. We are sitting on a time
bomb, and as we want to win power, we need to combine all our resources in order
to win the elections,” they said.
The Coordinator for the NPP Cote
d’Ivoire, Mama China, believed Ghana stands at the brink of collapse should
there is a mistake by voters to vote to retain the government, charging the
youth of the country to rise up and defend the nation from the hands of this
corrupt NDC administration.
Receiving the donation on behalf of the party
at the regional office, Stephen Amoah, ‘Sticker’, was grateful for the gesture,
and gave the assurance that whatever donations made to the party will be put to
use to benefit the entire members.
He also urged them to spread the
party’s message of change and hope to the Ghanaian community over there, so they
would all come and vote for the return of the NPP to the corridors of power, to
put in place the best programmes and policies for the forward march of
Ghana. |
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