KUMASI READY FOR NDC

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Some supporters busily mounting billboards
Space has now become one of the most sought after resources in the Kumasi metropolis in the lead up to the National Delegates’ Conference of the ruling National Democratic Congress, NDC.

Barring any last minute changes, the NDC will hold its Conference on Saturday at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi to elect most of its National Executives ahead of the 2016 Presidential and Parliamentary election. 

However, the MP for Afram Plains is praying the High Court to restrain the party from going ahead with its Conference to allow for his grievance relating to his disqualification from contesting in the election to be resolved. 


A scan of the metropolis by Ashanti Today showed that the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi, has come alive with intense political activity as the various candidates and their supporters are now seriously jostling for vintage spaces within the city to mount their billboards or paste their posters with the view to attracting attention of not only the delegates, but anyone interested in party politics.



The survey showed also that most sought after places and spaces for the campaign are the intersections, roundabouts, roads which are expected to be used by the delegates who will be arriving from all parts of the country as well as the main conference venue, the Baba Yara Sports Stadium. 


The struggle for vintage space is very intense at the frontage of the Baba Yara Stadium where various sizes, designs and forms of the billboards and posters are being posted. 


As at close of work yesterday when our correspondent was scanning the city in relation to how city is being prepared for the upcoming conference, no inch of space at the main frontage of the stadium, especially around the fountain, was without a poster of banner such that some of the banners had been mounted on top of the main stadium post office which forms part of the entrance. 


The situation is no different at the new and permanent Ashanti Regional offices of the party at Amakom. At the time of our visit to the office at about 12 noon yesterday, delegates from the Ashanti region were trooping in from different constituencies and other places to confirm their particulars on the delegates’ list. 


Meanwhile, it has been confirmed that a significant number of the hotels and guest houses in Kumasi have been fully booked for the period spanning Friday to Sunday. 


The airwaves of the local fm stations are also beginning to be dominated by political messages particularly those relating to the Saturday’s Conference of the NDC.

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