News:
April 29, 2011
On behalf of the entire membership of the New Patriotic Party, the Flagbearer and the National Chairman wish to extend their best wishes to all the parliamentary candidates and delegates who will take part in Saturday’s parliamentary primaries in constituencies across the country.
We have had a very successful period of rebuilding after the 2008 general elections. The party’s constitutional amendments of 2009 led to significant expansion of our electoral colleges for the election of party officers, parliamentary candidates and presidential candidate.
Since then, we set out on a series of elections of party officers, from polling station executives, electoral area coordinators, constituency executives, regional executives to national executives. The entire nation bears testimony to the efficient, peaceful and successful manner in which the party and its membership conducted themselves during all these elections.
Last August, over 107,000 delegates cast their votes in the national congress to elect the 2012 presidential candidate, a massive jump from about 2,300 delegates, previously. That impressive contest, the first of its kind anywhere in Africa, took place simultaneously in all constituencies nationwide and without any negative incident. The nearly 80 percent endorsement for the 2012 Presidential Candidate was a strong message about a national party united behind its leadership.
These parliamentary primaries are the last of the necessary internal party contests in our preparations towards 2012. All the successes and improvements we have made so far as a party since 2008 may come to nothing if we do not conduct these upcoming parliamentary primaries with the same kind of competence, maturity, spirit de corps and unity of purpose.
The ultimate objective is winning power in 2012 to deliver for the Ghanaian people a brighter future and enhanced governance. We should all be guided by this.
Let us have healthy primaries and continue to show to the country that we are a united force, deserving of their mandate.
We wish you all God’s blessings.
God bless the NPP.
God bless Ghana.
…………Signed…………..
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
2012 Presidential Candidate
……………Signed……………
Jake Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey
National Chairman
Story by : Kwadwo Anim/ghanamps.gov.gh