Moving around the country, engaging and talking, it appears internal apathy within the NPP rank and file, is the biggest threat to breaking the eighthh.
Many voters, including elected officers of the political parties, appreciate the need to vote to continue democracy. But they are increasingly questioning whether they are getting value for voting. The now infamous phrase is “me nya wie”, literally, I have not profited personally for voting.
So though voting is essentially about who receives the privilege of leadership, that privilege is more and more being built on the conviction of who is best to deliver economic opportunity and social expansion? Hence the million cedi question of “what’s in it for my vote?” If that is not answered well, then the voter, even if an elected officer of a party, may very well not bother to vote again.
How do we cure this? Alan Kyerematen believes it’s by energising the NPP through public activities that will test the organisational skills of the rank and file, create campaign style fanfare by bringing delegates out into the open and letting the public have a feel and sight of the Party preparing to select a flagbearer.
That is why the Alan Kyerematen for President (A4P) Campaign 2024, is embarking on the journey of meeting delegates in clusters of constituencies in public durbars. Some say it’s a risk because some delegates may feel slighted by being asked to travel when they are kingmakers. However, the bigger risk is in not stepping out to reaffirm that as a delegate, you are ready to be seen in public to be battle ready. That you are prepared to sharpen yourself on the altar of public opinion and show the world that you believe that “Together, We Will Win”.
Alan’s risk includes taking on the enormous logistical task of bringing six to ten thousand delegates together daily for several days. Notwithstanding the weather, Alan expects party officers to enthusiastically move the process forward. Electoral area coordinators are to get involved, organize transportation, and bring polling station executives from different constituencies together.
Not only will they be coming to meet Alan. They will also be meeting each other, sharing stories and strategies and generally peer reviewing their chances of electoral success in 2024.
Aduru Ghana So! Aduru Adwuma So! Aduru Mpuntuo So! Aduru NPP So! Aduru Alan So! Aduru Me Ne Wo So!
Together, We Will Win. Let’s get together and do it for each other, for the good of NPP. Let’s shine our electoral corner, wherever we are.
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Hmmmmm, there seems to be some truth about the level of disappointment by ordinary supporters of the NPP and this could be dangerous for the party in it's quest to 'break the 8' Apart from Buabeng Asamoa, the immediate past minister of food and agriculture Owusu Afriyie Akoto also said in his tour of the country the same complaints are coming from the youth of the party in his interactions with them. Long before now Kennedy Agyapong had cause to also complain about the neglect of the ordinary NPP supporter aftet the party won the 2016 elections, I heard him saying on TV , ' build them, build them, build the party people '. From what we are hearing now it means those in power did not listen. To make matters worse some of the appointees i.e. MMDCE's, ministers, CEO's have become thin gods making it impossible for the ordinary NPP supporter to get close to them. It is the toil and sweat of these ordinary party supporters that has enabled you to become president, ministers, MMDCE's and CEO's and presidential staffers. These are the very people who man the polling stations as party agents, on Election Day they are in the front line to ensure that the party is not shortchanged. There are times attempts are made to compromise some of them at the polling stations but they refuse. Why will you neglect such group of people when the party wins power? . Ghanaian politicians soon forget where they are coming from when they win power i.e. Who and what they were in opposition. Now that the NDC is battle ready ( they have their presidential candidate and parliamentary candidates ready) people are now seeing the importance of the ordinary NPP supporter at the ' war front When was the last time you saw the son/ daughter of a presidential candidate or parliamentary candidate standing as a party agent at a polling station? Some don't even have children of their own who are qualified to man a polling station much more voting. Why then neglect people who's sacrifices will change your sleeping place, your soup, your car, your salary, your opportunities for the better should the party wins power? ' Kennedy Agyapong, please come for your stone.