Nduom to contest 2012 elections

Ho, Dec. 17, GNA - Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom, a politician and businessman at the weekend dropped a hint in Ho that he would contest for President in the 2012 General Election “come what may”.
About 15 young people donning T-shirts with the inscription “Nduom the Vote in 2012” engaged people on the streets, intersections, markets and lorry stations in Ho on Dr Nduom’s bid, arguing that “Dr Nduom stands taller than others”.
Dr Nduom was Presidential candidate of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) in the 2008 General Election.
He is staging another campaign for another opportunity to lead the CPP in the 2012 elections. This has attracted a barrage of criticisms from Party Executives who claimed he is attempting to manipulate the process.
David Mensah Bisah, an Nduom activist told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that he did not have the authority to say under which banner Dr Nduom would seek the vote of the people but “come what may” he (Dr Nduom) would be a candidate.
He said the outreach, dubbed: “Christmas Drive Time Campaign,” and planned for all the regional capitals simultaneously, was aimed at projecting Dr Nduom as President and getting feedbacks from those encounters as input into the bigger campaign.
Volunteers distributed leaflets that presented Dr Nduom as politician with the demonstrable clout to provide jobs for the people; improve performance of government, give power to the people, attack crime, the drug trade and corruption among other things.
They also distributed pocket calendars.
The GNA as it followed the campaigners observed that response was mixed-aloofness, total and partial disinterest, feigned interest and enthusiasm.
Some young people the GNA spoke with said they were exasperated by the performance of the National Democratic Congress and New Patriotic Party over the past 19 years and therefore want a third force to emerge.
Destiny Defoe, an Nduom Volunteer said it was good that and people were enthusiastic about Dr Nduom’s bid.