CPP TO RECLAIM VOLTA REGION-NDUOM...page 16

Story: Tim Dzamboe, Ho

The presidential candidate of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom has said the party had undergone the required transformation over the years to reclaim its territories in the Volta Region and other parts in the body politic of the nation.
He said CPP which was regarded as the party which won independence for the nation is not a weak party saying that the time has come for it to rise with the readiness to combat and compete in the elections for victory.
Dr Nduom was addressing a durbar at the Asogli palace in Ho during a visit to the Volta Region as a sign of respect and greetings to the chiefs and people after having been elected the flagbearer of the party recently.
He said after eight years each of the governments of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party(NPP), the CPP was the best alternative for Ghanaians after the earlier parties had performed from good to better respectively, and the CPP to provide the best.
He however said the battle was long and tough but expressed the readiness to sacrifice and work selflessly to win the election, adding that a CPP government will share the national cake equally as had been done under the Kwame Nkrumah regime.
Dr Nduom promised to conduct a positive campaign and will not speak ill against opponents adding that he expected “positive work, positive character and positive behaviour” from all others in the campaign.
Addressing the durbar, the Agbogbomefia of Asogli, Togbe Afede XIV underscored the need for all those aspiring to lead the nation to declare their assets adding that those who mdon’t want the public to know what they have don’t qualify to lead the people.
He said the nation needs a humble and honest leader who inspires the citizenry and instills in them the virtues of hard work, discipline, ambition, honesty, altruism, independence, tolerance, respect for one another and love for the nation.
The Agbogbomefia said wherever there was greed there was lack of transparency which provided a breeding ground for suspicion, nepotism and tribalism because close relations tend to be more reliable partners.
He stressed the need for equity underpinned with a transparent formula for the allocation of state resources to minimize suspicion and anxiety and inspire people to nation building.
On the politics of the Volta Region, Togbe Afede said it needed to be interpreted within the context of the dirty and hate politics of the past especially during tha transition to democratic rule in 1992 when tribe-based slogans were coined by short sighted politicians.
He therefore called for the rejection of politics that divided the nation and instead forged the kind of alliances that will enhance the strength of the people adding,” we have the responsibility to bequeath to our children a united nation that guarantees freedom from fear of all forms of discrimination and prejudice”.
The national chairman of CPP, Mr Ladi Nyandler said the CPP has Ghana as a world bank unlike some parties who had their World Banks in specified locations.
He said the CPP had come out with a new generation of people and will rededicate themselves to region adding that the premier role of Volta Region in Ghana politics cannot be ignored.
For his part the regional chairman, Mr Prince Ahiadzro thanked the chiefs and elders for the respect accorded the party.