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I Will Bury NDC In Opposition Forever With ‘NPP Bank’—David Kankam Boadu

By William Nana Beeko
NDC I Will Bury NDC In Opposition Forever With NPP Bank—David Kankam Boadu
SEP 18, 2017 LISTEN

The Founder/President of African Youth for Progress(NGO), who is also a firebrand of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), David Kankam Boadu, has revealed that he has a number of strategies as the next NPP National Chairman to bury the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and keep them in opposition forever.

According to him, if elected as the NPP national chairman at congress in 2018, that would mark the end of the NDC since he is coming to introduce massive economic empowerment initiatives at the grassroot and urged delegates to vote for him.

He indicated that the NPP under his chairmanship would run the party as a charity organization with one aim which is to help the people on the grounds.

He said he has plans to build an NPP Bank nationwide with branches across the country to give financial support to people who need money to run their businesses.

David Kankam Boadu, who is passionate about the poor conditions of the NPP grassroot, said his style of administration as the chairman would make a strong case for the grassroot and ensure party supporters have better economic lives.

He said there is a trend that has to change in Ghana, adding that the party moves forward after elections leaving the grassroot and those who suffered behind.

Mr. Boadu said the grassroot people are those that should benefit from party politics and not those politicians driving big flashy ‘V-8’ cars, who don’t have the people at heart.

Mr. Boadu was speaking in an exclusive interview with ModernGhana over the weekend.

When asked whether he could man affairs of the party with no experience in holding any national executive position within the NPP, he argued that leadership is inbuilt and born-with.

"It is not about the experience that I have got, I was born a leader. That is why it is because of my leadership qualities that I have strategized. I have noticed what problems we have and with my strategy I am now ready to execute the plan.

…This plan is going to engage and focus on the main group who make up the NPP party; call them footsoldiers or the grassroot. From where I am coming from we were all grassroot before we got to where we are. This is a phenomenon I am going to change as the national chairman of the NPP. If you leave the grassroot behind that means we are leaving the party behind.”

He went on to add that his style of leadership would be to cut the party office away from the presidency where all administrative issues would be executed by the party executives and not the presidency as being witnessed today.

He said governance structure should be totally different from the party structure.

Mr. Boadu is seeking to make the party office the mother of the party separated away from the presidency.

David Kankam Boadu is one of the Nephews of NPP founding father, Prof. Kofi Abrefa Busia.

He is also one of the heirs to throne of the Asafo Royal Stool.

He disclosed that the United Party (UP) started in his Grandfather's house, the Asafo Chief, Nana Kofi Amoateng's House in Kumasi, Asafo.

“I have always been a backbencher and a king maker. As you are all aware I was also with Alhaji Aliu Mahama and I was one of the leading campaign men. I was in the frontline supporting Alhaji Aliu's bid to become President during the Delegates Congress in 2007.

Talk about those who formed the Non-Alliance Movement in the United Kingdom, my Father Dickson Kankam Boadu and his team Nana JH Mensah my father's friends Comrade Asabre, Kojo Smith, Danso Bruce, R.O Frimpong Manso. I was there when we formed the Non Alliance Movement to enforce democracy in Ghana and we succeeded by enforcing democracy on Jerry John Rawlings. During the political turmoil, when Nana JH Mensah was arrested in America, I was there, when he was released I was there. We organised a big party for him.

Mr. Boadu is a founder member of the Ghana Democratic Movement (GDM) in the United Kingdom and was very much involved in the NPP UK.

He is also the founder of NPP Milton Keynes until 2006 when he returned to Ghana.

William Nana Beeko
William Nana Beeko

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