MP Advises NDC Foot Soldiers to warm up for election 2008

Zabzugu (NR), Jan. 28, GNA - Foot soldiers of the National Democratic
Congress (NDC) have been called upon to warm up and device new
campaign strategies to win more souls to ensure massive victory for
the party in 2008.They should also embark on massive education in all
communities about the party's capabilities of annexing power from the
New Patriotic Party (NPP) to exert good governance under Professor
Evans Atta Mills to salvage the Ghanaian economy.Mr. Jagri B.
Mohammed, Member of Parliament (MP) for the Zabzugu/Tatale
constituency made the call at a meeting with constituency executives
at the weekend at Zabzugu in the Zabzugu/Tatale District to throw
light on the activities of the party towards winning election 2008.
The meeting was also to accord the constituents
the opportunity to interact and advise the MP and offer useful
suggestions on measures that would enhance the parties progress both
at grassroots and other levels. Mr. Mohammed said it was a forgone
conclusion that the NDC had already won the 2008 elections and that
competing in the election was only an electoral process to deepen the
country's democratic process.
He said Ghanaians rejected the NDC in 2000 after an
eight-year-term and that the NPP was also ending its eight years rule
in 2008 to alternate power to the NDC and appealed to members of the
NPP to handover power peacefully in 2009 to Professor Mills.Mr.
Mohammed advised party members to stop the pull- him-down attitude and
backbiting and forge ahead in unity to ensure massive victory for the
NDC so that opponents could not have the opportunity to disrupt the
electoral process. He catalogued his development projects in the
constituency and appealed to communities that have not yet had
development to remain patient since NDC administration in 2009 would
embark on equitable development agenda.
Alhaji Amadu Sonaa, Zabzugu/Tatale constituency chairman of the party
accused all members of the NDC for being part of the party's
predicament and stressed the need for compromises, forgiveness and
love for the party to enable it come back to power.
He said a lot of Ghanaians were suffering under the NPP, while
traders were also recording massive loses in their businesses due to
the frail economy and that the time to say no to the NPP was now. He
said even though signs of rejecting the NPP were clear, prayers were
needed to ensure that they transfer power peacefully to the NDC in
2009 and urged NDC party agents to reject bribes from the NPP to avoid
rigging. Alhaji Abdulai Harruna Friday, Northern Regional Secretary of
the party advised members not to foment fresh troubles to divide the
party and that those interested in positions in the party should wait
until nominations were opened.Some of the executives called on the
national and regional leadership not to abandon ward level structures
and also stressed the need to identify and use trustworthy members as
polling agents to avoid rigging during voting day.
GNA
28 Jan. 07