NDC Rally Behind Obed

Support Obed - Mahama Iddrisu Tells Supporters
A leading member of the NDC, Alhaji Mahama Iddrisu, who lost the chairmanship race at the party’s congress, has asked his supporters to assist the new national executive to build the party into a credible alternative to the NPP in the next elections. In a statement, Alhaji Iddrisu who lost by two votes to Dr. Obed Asamoah, said he has faith in the future of the NDC and asked all members to help in building a cohesive and effective NDC.

In an apparent move to cool down tempers of supporters who are peeved that Dr Asamoah won the chairmanship, Alhaji Mahama Iddrisu expressed satisfaction at the outcome of the congress and asked all members to show their loyalty to the party and contribute their quota.

He also appealed to the new Chairman, Dr. Asamoah to take steps to bring back into the fold, regional chairmen who resigned from their positions.

In a related development, the Western regional NDC Parliamentary caucus has asked the region’s chairman, Nana Alex Asamoah, to rescind his decision to resign from the position. The regional chairmen who resigned after the congress have already agreed to reconsider their decision following the intervention of ex-President Jerry Rawlings and the former vice President Professor John Atta Mills.

Rally Behind Obed

Alhaji Sulemana Gado, Asokwa East Constituency Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has called on all members of the party to put the bitterness and acrimony that characterised the just ended national congress of the party behind them and support the newly elected executive.

He said with the congress over, it is important for them to show complete loyalty to the leadership and submerge individual political ambitions for the general good of the party.

Alhaji Gado made this call in a press statement he issued in Kumasi, on Monday.

He said: "Let us ensure that we present an impregnable front and remain focused on strengthening the party's organisational structures towards the real battle of wresting political power in 2004."

"The demand on every genuine member of the NDC family now, is hard work, dedication and total devotion to the cause of the party."

Alhaji Gado congratulated the delegates, who attended the congress, for their conduct and sense of maturity, saying; "the Congress was a victory for democracy".