Make party more appealing to electorate, Kufuor urges supporters

Koforidua (Eastern Region), 28th April-- The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr J.A. Kufuor, has called on branches of the party to evolve appropriate campaign strategies that would make the party more appealing to their electorate.

He reminded them that the party's tradition evolved from the rural areas and greater effort must therefore be made to win the rural dwellers to accept the liberal democratic principles of the party.

Mr Kufuor was speaking at a fund-raising dinner dance at Koforidua at the weekend to round off his week-long familiarisation tour of the Eastern Region.

The tour took him to the Akuapem South, Asuogyaman, Yilo Krobo, Manya Krobo, West Akim, Fanteakwa and Suhum/Kraboa/Coaltar districts.Mr Kufuor commended the Eastern Regional Executive of the party for initiating the tour and asked other regional branches to do the same to enable the electorate to appreciate the policies of the party.

The National Chairman of the party, Mr S.A. Odoi-Sykes, denied media reports of divisions in the party, stressing that as a human institution, there were bound to be differences of opinions on certain issues.

He stated that based on its liberal democratic tradition, the party allowed its members the free expression of opinions for consensus building.Mr Odoi-Sykes reminded the party's members to contribute to the financing of the party to enable it to mobilise logistics with which to execute its electioneering campaign programme.

The MP for Koforidua, Mr Yaw Barimah, in a welcoming address, said that it was time for Ghanaians to be redeemed from their worsening socio-economic conditions through a victory for the party next year.

Some regional chairmen of the party attended the function, which was presided over by the MP for Akim Swedru, Mr Felix Owusu Adjepong.

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