New Patriotic Party Elects Officers In Brong Ahafo

Sunyani, (Brong Ahafo Region) 20 Oct Mr Kwadwo Yeboah Fordjour, a Sunyani-based businessman, was elected unopposed as the Brong Ahafo regional chairman of the New patriotic Party (NPP) at a regional congress at Sunyani yesterday. Mr Stephen Adoma Yeboah, a lawyer polled 61 votes as against 15 by Mr Prince Yeboah Marfo to become the first vice-chairman while the position of second vice-chairman went to Mr Joseph Asamoah Manu who was elected unopposed. Mr Joseph K. Manu was also elected as the third vice-chairman. Mr Yaw Addae Owusu obtained 40 votes to beat Mr Frank Alex Asare who had 34 to become the Regional secretary while Alhaji Sulemana Dauda was elected unopposed as the treasurer. Mr Kofi Darko polled 56 votes to beat five other contestants to be elected as the regional organiser. Miss Christiana Aboraah and Mr Kwame Twumasi were elected women's organiser and youth organiser respectively. The keenly contested elections were conducted by the national electoral commission and supervised by Mr K. Agyenim-Boateng, general secretary of the party. Mr Agyenim-Boateng told NPP leaders in the constituencies to redouble their efforts to win more support for the party because Brong Ahafo has assumed a strategic and determining factor in general elections. Mr Agyenim-Boateng assured party supporters and sympathisers that the national executive would not rest on its oars until the party takes power through the ballot box. According to him, many Ghanaians still look up to the party for true democracy and economic salvation and spoke against unauthorised statements from some supporters which go to harm the image of the party. Mr Agyenim-Boateng attributed the party's defeat in the last general elections largely to inadequate logistics among others and said this would be solved before the next general elections. Mr Yaw Osafo Marfo, MP for Akim Oda, said members should work hard and identify weaknesses culminating in a chain of election defeats and find antidotes to such problems. Dr Kofi Apraku, MP for Offinso North, said for many years now, the government had not found antidote to the downward trend of the national economy hence the decision of the minority in parliament to assist because the present hardships affect everybody. He said the recent economic forums involving accredited international agencies and individuals were the result of persistent calls for better economic management of the country. Miss Ama Busia, national third vice-chairman of the party, called on supporters not to be down-hearted but should continue to work hard for the party's success which, she said, is in sight.