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NDC national delegates' must make the 'right call'

By GNA
NDC NDC national delegates' must make the 'right call'
DEC 17, 2014 LISTEN

Delegates to the ruling party's National Congress, have been asked “to make the right call,” by electing officers who would connect with and invigorate its grassroots supporters towards election 2016.

Alhaji Salu Ibrahim, a leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region, said they need to be guided by their conscience to judge correctly.

He said the party's electoral fortunes in the general poll, which was only two years away, would largely be determined by the choices they made on December 20.

They should put the general good of the party ahead of parochial interests or any other considerations.

“It is all about national officers, who would lead the NDC to re-discover its core values – integrity, accountability, selflessness, and sacrifice.”

Alhaji Ibrahim suggested to the Congress to take steps to expand the party's “Electoral College,” to stem the unhealthy influence of money.

He said everything should be done to ensure that it becomes simply impossible for anybody to “buy their way through”.

He publicly expressed his preference for Alhaji Huudu Yahaya to the other candidates vying for the National Chairmanship position, and said “in my honest opinion, he is the right man for our party”.

Alhaji Ibrahim recalled Alhaji Yahaya's 10-year stewardship as NDC General-Secretary and said that period saw more vibrancy among the party's grassroots supporters.

“This is something that has been missing for some time now, and this is what we necessarily have to bring back to assure our party of a landslide victory in 2016.”

He appealed to the delegates to conduct themselves responsibly, to enable the NDC come out of the Congress more united, stronger, and focused on the battle ahead.

Barring any unforeseen developments, the governing party would elect new National Officers on Saturday, at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.

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