{"id":14669,"date":"2014-04-22T09:34:59","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T09:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=14669"},"modified":"2014-04-22T13:40:48","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T13:40:48","slug":"afoko-to-set-out-npps-new-plan-for-power-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/04\/afoko-to-set-out-npps-new-plan-for-power-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Afoko to set out NPP&#8217;s &#8216;New Plan for Power&#8217; today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Paul Afoko will outline concrete steps to be taken to reorganise and re-energise party structures in readiness for the 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n<p>At his maiden press briefing slated today, he will give assurance to party faithful of his readiness to mobilise the party to wrestle power from the NDC in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Afoko will also appeal to factions within the party to unite for the task ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Briefing The Finder, a party source said the press conference will kickstart Mr Afoko\u2019s \u2018new plan for power\u2019, which got him elected as National Chairman of the NPP.<\/p>\n<p>The source said Mr Afoko would also use the opportunity to address a wide range of important party issues.<\/p>\n<p>According to the source, the press conference will be centred on strategies to build a strong party that can wrestle power from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) come 2016.<\/p>\n<p>It will also focus on strengthening and reorganising party structures.<\/p>\n<p>It is anticipated that the newly elected executives of the NPP will be present at the press conference.<\/p>\n<p>In a related development, the newly elected executives of the NPP will hold their first meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, April 23, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Afoko\u2019s message during the race for chairmanship was \u2018new plan for power\u2019 &#8211; a desire to rebrand, restructure, and to recapture power.<\/p>\n<p>The plans include one to resource the party with vehicles and uyjt^cy- cles, as well as r\u00a3furbish&#8217;constituency offices with the-needed communica-&#8216; tion gadgets to function effectively.<\/p>\n<p>It will also train polling agents ahead of every election, and has plans for youth development.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Afoko polled 2,034 out of the 5,400 votes cast at the NPP\u2019s 16th Extraordinary Delegates\u2019 Conference, which culminated in the election of new national officers.<\/p>\n<p>His closest rival was Steven Ntim, who polled 1503, followed by former First Vice-Chairman, Fred Oware, who polled 1,135.<\/p>\n<p>Incumbent National Chairman Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey polled 66.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: The Finder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Paul Afoko will outline concrete steps to be taken to reorganise and re-energise party structures in readiness for the 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections. 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