Mr. Freddy Blay being interviewed
The Acting National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party(NPP), FreddieBlay has assured that, the ruling NPP, will do what will benefit all Ghanaians and will not toe party lines, as leading members of the National Democratic Congress(NDC) want Ghanaians to believe.
According to him, the Nana Akufo-Addo led government will not deny people opportunities, development projects or services because they are not members of the New Patriotic Party, adding, “… we are all citizens of this country and so the government will attend to community and people’s needs based on assessment and not on party lines,” the National Chairman stressed.
MrBlay was addressing members and functionaries of the NPP at the Upper East Regional Delegates Conference in Bolgatanga. Members of his entourage included, acting General Secretary of the NPP, John Boadu, Council of State member, AlhajiYirimia, Deputy National Director of the National Youth Employment Agency, Ibrahim Bashiru and Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources and MP for Navrongo Central, Hon. Joseph Kofi Adda.
The Acting Chairman called on all party members, functionaries and supporters in the region to calm down and agree to work together in peace.
“Even when we were in opposition we worked hard and won power. Now we are in power, we should rather be more united than before, so that the 2020 campaign will be easier. In opposition we won three seats, now that we are in power, we should be able to have more.”
The Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Hon. Adda called on the National Executive of the NPP to desist from giving audience to people who always run to them from the regions to tell bad stories about appointees and functionaries in the regions and constituencies.
“If you keep listening to them and acting upon their falsehoods, you will be doing a great disservice to the Party at the grassroots.These practices are not helping to unite the Party at the grassroots and have to stop, if we want people to commit themselves to the course of the Party in the 2020 Campaign.”
The Navrongo Central Member of Parliament pleaded with the party to try and support unsuccessful 2016 NPP parliamentary candidates in the region to empathize with them.
“National Chairman, the Party has to find a way to engage or support Parliamentary Candidates in the just ended 2016 Elections, to also recover their loss. Some of these people sold their properties and invested in the Party’s campaign and lost their bid, but the Party won. It is not fair to ignore them because some people say they cannot work with them,” Hon. Adda appealed.
The National Chairman and his entourage are expected to be in the Eastern Region today July 26, 2017 to join the Regional Conference.
From: Ebo Bruce-Quansah, Bolgatanga