NPP will be at crossroads on Saturday — Jennifer Queen

The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) will go to the polls on Saturday, July 16 2022 to elect national officers to steer the affairs of the party for the next four (4) years.

Ahead of the exercise, a deputy communications officer of the party, says the event will be a crossroads for the party in government.

According to Jennifer Queen, this is because the choice the delegates will make will determine the electoral fortunes or otherwise of the party.

The party has been professing to break the ‘eight (8)’ ahead of the 2024 elections.

In the history of the country's democratic dispensation, no party has been able to remain in power after two terms.

Queen believes Saturday's congress will determine whether breaking the ‘8’ will be a mirage or reality.

She stressed that the calibre of persons elected to occupy positions of the party at the national level will have a telling effect on the actualisation of the much-trumpeted slogan.

Though, all the positions are of equal importance, the vibrant but young dyed-in-the-wool NPP member, singled out the general secretary slot as the most crucial.

To her, the general secretary position is vital because the occupant becomes the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), who presides over the day-to-day activities of the party.

Therefore, delegates should be mindful of who they will elect to occupy the top-notch position.

Speaking on Silver FM in Kumasi on Tuesday morning, the communicator, says the occupant of that position should be a tried and tested individual.

Four persons are contesting the enviable position, but the contest is expected to be a keenly one between incumbent Mr John Boadu and lawyer Justin Kodua, CEO of the National Youth Employment Authority (NYEA).

Though all the contestants are capable, the deputy communications officer is of the view that Mr Boadu stands tall.

This, she explained is because Mr Boadu has risen through the ranks and understands party work better.

Having, previously served as a national youth organiser, organiser, acting general secretary and general secretary, she contends that Mr Boadu has developed the needed experience to continue to serve as the party's CEO.

She argued that it took a genius in the shape of Mr Boadu to catapult the NPP to victory in 2016 as an acting general secretary and 2020 as a main chief scribe.

Queen pointed out that apart from Mr Boadu's administrative and organisational qualities, he has a genuine love for the party.

As an expert in finance and economics, Mr Boadu, affectionately called ‘JB' could have landed a major ministerial job but decided to stay in his position to continue serving the party.

Queen therefore, appealed passionately to the delegates to be circumspect about their choices on Saturday, especially on the general secretary slot.