NDC HOLDS NEC MEETING TO DRAW ELECTIONS TIMETABLE

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Samuel Ofosu Ampofo addressing the youth
The ruling National Democratic Congress, NDC, is set to have its National Executives Meeting next week to deliberate on pertinent issues bothering the party and chart the way forward. 

Among the major items on the agenda will be the fixing of a timetable of events of the party from now till the Presidential and Parliamentary elections scheduled for next year. 

A National Vice Chairman of the party, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo made this known at the opening of a three-day capacity building workshop for the youth wing of the party in the Ashanti region. 

By Mr. Ofosu Ampofo’s disclosure, the NDC’s NEC will fixed the timeline for the conduct of the party’s Parliamentary primaries as well as the date for its National Congress for the election of the Presidential candidate for the 2016 election.

 The Vice Chairman assured the party’s faithful that the National Executives are not sleeping on the job and are therefore working very hard towards the party’s victory in the next elections. 

For this reason, Mr. Ofosu Ampofo said the leadership will promptly tend to all grievances so as to keep the party united. 

Therefore, members must also refrain from any tendencies such as agitations and the washing of the party’s dirty linen public. 

Rather, they should use the laid down party structures to seek resolution for their concerns. “Remember, if you push away any member, his or her nephew, uncle, brother or loved one would also be pushed away”, Mr. Ampofo reminded the NDC faithful. 

He stressed that “we need everybody on board as we prepare for the 2016 elections”, he continued. 

On the issue of party-government relationship, the National Vice Chairman was emphatic that the bond of relationship between the presidency and the party has been strengthened with the appointment of a new Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah. “We need a strong party for a strong government to win elections”, he said adding that a strong government with a weaker party will lose elections.

 “This must trickle down to the regions and constituencies”, he advised.  

 Mr. Ofosu Ampofo commended Regional Youth Organizer and his team for the initiative. 

He said in recognition of the contribution of the both the youth and women of the party, the Constitution has been amended to rope in the Regional Youth and Women Organizers into the National Executive Committee of the party to enable them to properly channel their concerns for attention. 
 
Siidi Abubakar, middle, with his deputy and Brogya
The Ashanti Regional Youth Organizer, Ernest Brogya Gemfi assured the party that the youth in the region are much more invigorated to lead the campaign for one million votes in the Ashanti region come 2016 presidential elections.
  

Background

 
participants at the workshop
The three-day capacity building workshop was an initiative of the Ashanti Regional Youth Organizer, Ernest Brogya Gemfi, to empower the youth wing of the party in the Ashanti region with the requisite information and knowledge towards the party’s campaign for next year’s elections.


It was meant for all the 47 Constituency Youth Organizers and their Deputies, the Youth Task Force as well as members of the re-constituted Regional Youth Working Group.


They were addressed by some stalwarts of the party such as the General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the National Organizer, Kofi Adams in addition to some deputy ministers of state and chief executive officers of public and private agencies. 

These resource persons addressed the participants on issues of concern to the party and the government’s development activities.

The event was used to inaugurate the re-constituted Regional Youth Working Group of the party.

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