In a bid to generate enough resources for the upcoming polls in November, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has launched the Donate for change campaign.<\/p>\n
The campaign is aimed at soliciting for funds to support the party’s campaign to\u00a0be launched later ahead of the general elections in November.<\/p>\n
Speaking on Point Blank on Eyewitness News, the National Treasurer of the party, Kwabena Abankwah \u00a0Yeboah, said\u00a0the\u00a0funds will specifically be transferred into the party\u2019s account.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are soliciting for funds and asking all who believe in the party and see a need for change to come on board. We aren\u2019t asking for much, anything anyone can contribute. It can even be 1 cedi. All the amounts which will be donated will go into the NPP’s account\u201d Mr. Abankwah said.<\/p>\n
He explained that the party had resorted to this strategy of raising funds because \u201c all the funds for election cannot come from one source.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c It is better to widen the network and work on innovative measures to get funds for the campaign,\u201d he further explained.<\/p>\n
All NPP funds are accounted for<\/strong><\/p>\n Last year, \u00a0the party was in the news for the wrong reasons after it emerged that Mr. Abankwah and the acting Chairman of the party, Freddy Blay had allegedly diverted<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>party funds into a secret Ecobank account.<\/p>\n The two have since denied any wrongdoing. The party’s investigations later confirmed the monies were only transferred into another account but had not been stolen or misused.<\/p>\n Commenting on the development, Mr. Abankwah reiterated that he was not guilty of any offense\u00a0and further revealed that the party had since put in place measures to deal with the wrong perception Ghanaians had formed about issues relating to the party\u2019s finances.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery penny in NPP\u2019s account is being accounted for,\u201d Mr. Abankwah stated.<\/p>\n He further revealed that the appropriate sanctions would\u00a0be applied to persons found misappropriating campaign funds.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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