Making the headlines in the dailies today is news from the political party terrain and the Daily Guide informs us that JJ Won't Campaign. The Member of Parliament (MP) for Lower Manya Krobo and leading member of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Teye Nyaunu has disclosed that former President Rawlings will not campaign for the ruling party in the December polls. Speaking on Kessben FM in Kumasi, he said the Mills-led government has not added any value to the lives of Ghanaians since it assumed office more than three years ago therefore he does not think Mr. Rawlings would mount the campaign platform to urge the populace to renew the mandate of the NDC.
The Ghanaian Times however reports that the former spokesperson for the defunct Armed Forces Revolution Council (AFRC), Major Rtd. Boakye Djan, says the Mills administration will win the December elections without the contributions of NDC founder Jerry John Rawlings. According to him, the Mills-led administration had done a lot to deserve a second term in office. The paper quotes him as saying we will win without Rawlings.
Away from that, we are told still by the Ghanaian Times that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Friday expressed worry about the intermittent power outages in the Country and blamed the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the current deficit in the nation's energy supply. The NDC alleged that the NPP in its eight year term in office was negligent and failed to give the needed attention to the energy sector.
We now move to some campaign activities as NPP takes measures for victory. The Central Regional youth organizer of the New Patriotic Party, Mr. Francis Ejaku Donkoh, has said the party will reclaim all the seats it lost in the 2008 elections, come December 2012. The Daily Guide adds that according to him, the party's hierarchy had over the last three years identified the difficulties that led to their abysmal performance in the 2008 polls and had put in place measures to ensure that they post a better result in this year's elections.
The Daily Dispatch also reports on page 9 that the Presidential Candidate for the Progressive People 's Party (PPP), Dr. Paa Kwasi Nduom, has appealed to Ghanaians to give PPP a chance in the upcoming general elections to transform the nation within only four years. Dr. Nduom , the founder of PPP, made this appeal at the National launch of the party's campaign train, where he observe that the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) have been in power since 1992 and "have done nothing good to transform the nation so there is the need for Ghanaians to vote massively for the PPP to transform the nation beyond recognition."
News from the Daily Graphic indicates that the Central Regional Youth Organizer of the ruling National Democratic Congress, Mr. Sampson Ahianyo, has said the many pro-poor initiatives implemented by President J.E.A Mills had won more support for the party in the region. In this connection, he had argued that the party would consolidate its control of the region by winning more parliamentary seats come December 2012. The paper reports this under the banner Pro-poor initiatives to win more support for NDC.
Finally on campaigns, the Ghanaian Times brings to our notice that the Convention People's Party (CPP) on Tuesday unveiled series of activities to kick-start its Election 2012 campaign to be launched on June 12. As part of electoral activism to gain momentum for the June 12 official launch, leading members of the party including Dr. Abu Sakara Foster, CPP flag bearer and Ms Samia Yaba Nkrumah, leader and Chairperson, paid a visit to Nkroful, the birth place of late President Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah recently.
We end the daily review with news from the Daily Graphic which indicates that a Renowned evangelist and President of the world wide Miracle Outreach Lawrence Tetteh has observed that some politicians have develop the spirit of arrogance lately, calling on Ghanaians to reject them. According to him, God in his own way had appointed the one who would lead Ghanaians come 2013 and beyond so people should do away with the Spirit of intolerance, personality attacks , insults tribalism and divisive politics. The paper quotes him as saying Reject Politicians with Arrogant Spirit.
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