UFP’s Odike forms Ghana’s 24th political party

The Electoral Commission (EC) has given the United Progressive Party (UPP) the final certification to contest the 2016 election.

The newly formed party was given the approval last Friday after the EC indicated that it has met all the requirements.

[contextly_sidebar id=”rgPVLxKQBiJWOEFqxAV79TpWt4vYcDO4″]With 23 registered political parties in Ghana under the fourth Republic, the UPP is now the 24 registered political party in Ghana.

The party is formed by the flagbearer of the United Front Party (UFP), Akwasi Addae, popularly known as “Odike”.

Odike; a popular footwear dealer in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region was elected flagbearer of the UFP but he was later sacked by the party’s National Executive Committee ahead of the 2012 general elections for incompetence.

Speaking to Citi News after receiving the certification for his new party, Odike said the UPP’s main focus is to win the 2016 election with its job creation message.

He admitted that the two main political parties in Ghana – the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have a large following but the vision of the UPP will help them emerge winners in the 2016 elections.

According to him, the UPP has all the needed structures in place to help them kick out the governing NDC.

“It is clear that we are going to contest the 2016 elections because we are ready; we have the structures already in place.”

Odike announced that the UPP will soon organize its first national congress to elect national officers who will steer the affairs of the party.

“After the congress, we will start campaigning aggressively and vigorously,” he said.

The slogan of the UPP is “UFP: Eye mere, UPP: Ye merenie.”

 

By: Efua Idan Osam/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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