Mr Henry Nana Boakye, the National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has inaugurated the Oti Regional Campaign Team for the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections. 

He was hopeful that the team would grant the NPP a resounding victory in the December 7, polls. 

Nana Boakye admonished the team to work with the various constituency and polling station executives to ensure high turnout for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and all the nine-parliamentary candidates in the region for the December polls. 

He tasked the team to resolve all internal challenges that resulted from the parliamentary primaries for victory for the NPP. 

Mr Smith Danquah Buttey, First Vice Chairman, urged members of the campaign team to unveil themselves for the specific jobs that would be assigned to them so that the party could win its targeted seats in the parliamentary elections. 

He touched on the unprecedented achievements of President Nana Akufo-Addo and urged the campaign team to build on to deliver victory for the party. 

Mr Felix Ade, the Oti Regional Organiser, on behalf of the team, pledged to work hard to deliver over five seats in the region to the party. 

He said the huge turnout during the last limited registration exercise organised by Electoral Commission (EC) was an indication of the region’s readiness in ensuring that the party won the 2024 general election. 

Mr Isaac Kwamina Afful, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate (PC) for Shama Constituency, has embarked on courtesy calls on the chiefs and elders to formally introduce himself NPP PC for the area. 

The three-day exercise was to seek their blessings and support, and to officially begin his campaign activities towards the 2024 parliamentary election. 

Speaking to journalists after the tour, Mr Afful said as the custodians of Shama, it was necessary to first introduce himself to the traditional authorities as NPP PC, and court their support to undertake his campaign activities in the area.  

He thanked them for their warm reception, and said the gesture signified the trust they had in him to bring the development they desired when elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Shama Constituency.  

“I embarked on this tour to officially introduce myself to the chiefs and elders within the 65 communities in the Constituency to let them know that it is Isaac Kwamina Afful who will be on the ballot paper as the NPP Parliamentary Candidate, so they should support me,” he said. 

On his vision for the Constituency, Mr Afful noted that he would prioritise interventions to improve upon the key sectors of the local economy including education, health, youth employment, sports infrastructure and sanitation among others. 

He also promised to work closely with the traditional authorities to implement sustainable policies to spur development in the area when given the nod to represent them in Parliament.  

According to him, before being elected as the NPP PC, he had successfully executed some development projects in some of the communities, including the construction of modern toilet facilities, and classroom blocks, among others.  

“All these are testaments to my competence and commitment to bring hope to the constituents of Shama when they vote for me to become the MP for the Constituency,” he stated.  

Mr Afful expressed confidence of being elected as the MP for the area in this year’s general elections, saying his record of accomplishment in terms of development gave him the edge over other candidates. 

Nana Akosua Mfrasie II, Chief of Lower Inchaban, congratulated Mr Afful on his election as the NPP PC for Shama and prayed for God to grant him his desire of becoming the MP for the area. 

She urged him to ensure he served the people with humility and honesty and delivered on his promises when elected as the MP December 7, 2024. 

Nana Kwamina Ekutan II, Chief of Dwomo, also encouraged the PC to embark on his campaign activities based on ideas and solutions to the challenges facing the Constituency, and not one that would disrupt the peace and unity in the area. 

He asked him not to turn his back on the people when given the chance to go to Parliament, but to ensure every community had its fair share of development projects. 

Other chiefs and elders took turns to offer congratulatory messages to Mr Afful, and outlined their various development needs which he should help resolve when he became the MP for Shama Constituency.  

Mr Afful, who beat the incumbent MP, Mr Samuel Erickson Abakah, in the recent NPP parliamentary primary, would be looking to retain the seat for the Party against his main contender, Madam Emelia Arthur, the National Democratic Congress PC for the area.  

Mr Yakubu Faharudeen, an aspiring General 

Secretary, for the People’s National Convention (PNC) says he will bring back into the party the numerous inactive members when given the nod. 

Mr Faharudeen said bringing such members back would enhance the chances of the party to Ghana’s December 7, 2024, general election. 

He said there were vibrant members who have relaxed and others joining 

other parties due to the disunity and lack of resources in the PNC, a situation that was 

hindering the progress of the party. 

He explained that the party was endowed with brilliant and talented members 

who would be able to utilise their skills to support the party if brought back to the 

Party, saying that he was in good relationship with most of them who were 

supporting the path he had taken. 

Mr Farudeen, who is currently the Deputy General Secretary told the Ghana 

News Agency (GNA) in an interview that, he had gained enough knowledge and experience in his current position as well as being a member right after he completed tertiary level of education. 

He added that he would ensure that the few resources the party has is well 

utilised in regaining parliamentary seats they lost over the years for the PNC 

party. 

“Usually when there is a runoff in a general election, you see some of our 

leaders joining either NPP or NDC and after joining, they don’t come back to 

the party,” he stated. 

The aspiring general secretary added that he would ensure that polling 

agents are brought on board and trained towards the upcoming election 

while he gets acquainted with their families to win their votes for the 

Party. 

He said the PNC was the best alternative when it comes to developmental ideas 

for Ghana, adding that politics of ideas in the country was gradually fading out due to monetisation of politics in Ghana. 

The aspiring General Secretary added that he became discouraged after 

he contested for parliamentary position and saw how people were being induced 

with money, stressing that the menace had been a bane to Ghanaian politics. 

He said as a Ghanaian child nurtured by PNC parents, he became an active 

member right after tertiary education, and gained the necessary 

foundation to skilfully serve the party and country at large. 

He said electing him would be the first time the party would have a 

secretary who hails from the northern part of Ghana but was very good 

in other local languages in the southern part, a quality he said was crucial 

for the party to thrive. 

He stated that he was possess the qualities the party needs to break ground in the 2024 election and the future, emphasising that the agenda of getting zongo people into the party and celebrating the party’s 29th anniversary celebration emanated from him. 

“When I get the nod, this country is going to experience a different type of 

PNC we are going to show the NPP and NDC the exit,” he stated.