Sammy Awuku, surrounded by Nana Bee and Justin Kodua, whilst addressing the NPP youth in Kumasi
Sammy Awuku, the National Youth Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has sternly warned the party’s youth to stop campaigning on the social media and rather convince people to vote for the party in the December polls.
“NPP youth must stop the campaign on social media platforms such as Whatsapp and let’s get to the ground to campaign to help win the floating voters which will enable us to secure the first round electoral victory that we are craving for.”
He explained that it was good to spread the party’s message to develop the country on the social media, but over-reliance on social media for campaign might spell doom for the party.
Mr. Awuku disclosed this during the Youth Wing Conference of the Ashanti Regional branch of the NPP held at the Georgia Hotel in Kumasi on Wednesday.
The NPP executive tasked the youth wing of his party to position it properly and lead the 2016 campaign of the party so as to help the NPP to secure victory to transform the country.
He stated that the NPP youth wing boasts of energetic, hardworking and visionary young men and women who have the skills and resources to help the party.
NDC Defeat
Mr. Awuku predicted an embarrassing defeat for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), but stated that the NPP won’t win the polls easily.
“President Mahama and the NDC are taking a long walk to opposition since the electorate are fed up with their bad policies.
Poverty
Unbearable poverty that has never been experienced in the country is now the order of the day due to the NDC’s poor programmes and policies. Many graduates have resorted to prostitution and alcoholism due to the lack of jobs.
He said after eight years in office, the NDC cannot pinpoint a single social intervention programme that it has introduced to improve the lives of the citizenry.
Mr. Awuku charged the NPP youth to be vigilant on the election day to prevent members of the NDC from rigging the elections as they did in 2012, adding that “we should not jubilate before the final results are declared.”
Party gurus such as Dr. Boakye Agyarko, Ayisi Boateng, Nana Bee and Stephen Amoah aka ‘Sticker’, among others, were present.
Justin Kodua, the Ashanti Regional Youth Organizer of the NPP, said the programme was held to energize the party’s youth in the region.
FROM I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi