NPP Activists told to make Party dominant political force in Upper West Region

Mr. Anthony Karbo, former National Youth Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has urged activists of the Party in the Upper West Region to worker harder to make the Party a dominant political force in the area in this year's elections. He said for the past 20 years the region had been voting for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and its parliamentary candidates but had nothing to show for their continued support of the Party.   "Let us change the political face of the region in this year's election. It is now time to say thank you and good bye to them and bring a new breed of politicians to take over".    Mr. Karbo who is the NPP Parliamentary candidate for the Lawra constituency made these remarks at a meeting of the regional Youth wing of the Party in Wa at the weekend.   The meeting was to plan the operations of the youth wing of the party in the region for the rest of the campaign period.   Contrary to what their main political opponents had been saying about the NPP's record of achievements in the Upper West, he said, Former President Kufuor's government did a lot to develop the region in the education, health and road sector. He cited the construction of structures for the Wa Polytechnic which was then operating in borrowed premises and transfer of the Faculty of Integrated Development Studies of the University for Development Studies (UDS) from the Navrongo campus to start the Wa campus as some of the big projects undertaken by the Party.   According to him, the NDC had not added a single structure to the Wa campus of UDS since it came to power in 2009 and yet it was taking credit for what it came to meet.  Mr. Karbo said it was during the reign of President Kufuor that the tarring of the Bole-Bamboi road was completed to facilitate transportation from the South to the region, while numerous link roads were constructed in the Wa Municipality.   He expressed disappointment about the ethnic based political campaign that was being undertaken by some NDC functionaries and urged voters in the region to rather assess the programmes and ideas of the parties and candidates before voting.  This year's election was about the future of the youth and therefore the electorate should rally round Nana Akufo-Addo and vote for him to bring his free Senior High School policy into fruition, he stated.  Mr. Hafiz Bin Salih, Regional Second Vice-Chairman of the Party urged the party activists to propagate the achievements of former Presidents Kufuor's rule for voters to make comparisons and bring back the NPP to power. To recapture power, he said, the NPP must be made attractive to those who constituted the foundation of the society, namely farmers, teachers, drivers, market women, fishermen, nurses and the security services.

GNA