It is a trite knowledge that the kingmakers of the elephant fraternity, in fulfillment of democratic tenets, will be heading to the polls next year to either give a blessing or effect a change to the current party leadership of the governing New Patriotic Party. The NPP currently has a matchless healthy record and will be politically suicidal for the party to engage in needless experimentation. It is therefore soothing to learn that Mr Freddie W. A. Blay, the Acting National Chairman of the NPP has laced his boots to contest the position of National Chairman of the NPP.<\/p>\n
Democratically, anybody in the party who is worth his salt can rear his head up for the Chairmanship; but politically, not everybody is cut out to be chairman in the face of the 2020 electoral hurdle. It takes a special kind of person, someone tough, smart, competent, dynamic leadership qualities, and driven, just to run for the job. It takes still more talent, experience and character to hold up the pressure and assure the rank and file of the party a landslide victory in 2020 elections.<\/p>\n
As a party, we cannot afford to mortgage the party’s victorious future to a leader who has not been tried and tested at the national level, lacks practical experience of national chairmanship and lacks the hallmarks of quality and dynamic leadership. Freddie W. A. Blay is the best candidate to lead the performance because, he exhibits strength of character, proven leadership skills, passion, general maturity, wisdom, common sense, trustworthiness, reliability, creativity, competence, capacity and capability, a symbol of hope for NPP’s victory.<\/p>\n
What makes Freddie Blay the right man at the right time for NPP chairmanship?<\/p>\n
Proven Track Record and Tried and Tested.<\/p>\n
Freddie Blay is the sole formidable, experienced and credible candidate for NPP Chairman. His unblemished and incomparable track record is no news. The former Ellembelle lawmaker has gotten the skill and experience of both performance and of leading the performance.
\nUnder his able tutelage, the NPP;
\n1. Became the first opposition party to convincingly win power in the first round in Ghana.
\n2. Became the first political party to unseat an incumbent president in an election in Ghana
\n3. bagged its biggest political victory
\n4.Has become the most united and vibrant political party in Ghana today
\n5. Won six regions in 2016 as against two regions in the preceding elections.
\n6. Grabbed 169 parliamentary seats as against 123 in 2012 elections.
\nThese indisputable records attained by him just as Acting Chairman is what makes Freddie’s candidacy rather unchallengeable.<\/p>\n
Capacity to normalise seeming factionalism in NPP<\/p>\n
Well, any avid follower of global politics will attest that all around the world, most political parties typically have factions within them. The pendulum will often swing from one side of the party to the other over the course of time. The only difference is the healthiness of such intra-party factionalism. For instance, the Democratic and Republican parties of the US have their Liberal and Moderate wings. Anytime one side wins control over the party, the other faction will often feel alienated but usually soldier along until its time comes. The NPP, prior to the 2016 elections, seemingly had factions and internal cracks. This factionalism triggered bitter bickering amongst some heavyweights of the party. It is noteworthy that after his assumption as the Acting Chairman, he worked hand-in-glove to normalise the storm that bedeviled the party after the Tamale Congress. Fast forward to today, NPP is clearly the most united party in the Ghanaian political landscape. Here, Blay was a liaison officer and that smacks of his dynamism as a chairman.
\nAppealing personality<\/p>\n
Freddie W. A. Blay is admired by many NPP members for his affable nature. He is known to be a good listener.
\nIndeed, the delegates of the party will have to elect a chairman with an appealing personality and someone who has an air of charisma around him. That is where Freddie Blay fits in. With my close working with Chairman Blay, I can vouch that is the characterisation of Freddie W. A. Blay.<\/p>\n
The argument as to who is the right person to become NPP chairman will continue. We reason in line with the opinion that, even though our party has always welcomed competition for office as a bedrock principle, well-meaning Ghanaians and the overwhelming majority of our rank and file hope that this time around the competition will be conducted in a way that will facilitate reconciliation among competitors and their supporters, thereby reinforcing the unity of our party. Ghanaians want to see a strong united front amongst us so that we can offer them yet again the vibrant, energetic and visionary leadership they are yearning for, by maintaining our party in government come 2020 elections.<\/p>\n
We as inhabitants of Zongo will stick our necks out for Freddie Blay. We also implore NPP members to let our arguments be cogent and not destructive. We urge the NPP’s Council of Elders, the National Executive Committee , Regional and Constituency Branches, the Party’s Parliamentary group and all the caucuses as well as Party faithfuls whose duty is to protect, nurture and defend the beliefs, ideology and visions of the great founding fathers of the party to as a matter of great concern support my idea of endorsing the Chairmanship bid of Freddie W. A. Blay to absolutely ensure NPP’S victory in 2020.
\nBy AMMAR ADAM GALADIMA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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