A former national chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Samuel Odoi Sykes has charged the party to unite or risk losing the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n
He said disunity caused the party in lose in previous national elections.<\/p>\n
According to him, if the party unites to form a formidable force, with the right resources, the NPP will be able to wrestle power from the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/p>\n
The former party chairman noted that government has the needed resources \u201cand you can\u2019t easily win against such a person if you are divided.\u201d<\/p>\n
He pointed out that the greatest challenge for the NPP is achieving unity saying, \u201cthat is the biggest problem we have; to unite.\u201d<\/p>\n
The NPP on Sunday organized a super delegates\u2019 congress to prune down the number of presidential candidate aspirants from seven to five.<\/p>\n
Two contenders, Stephen Asamoah Boateng and Dr. Konadu Apraku were eliminated from the race.<\/p>\n
Odoi Sykes, who is considered as one of the most successful NPP Chairmen said the leadership of the NPP must take urgent steps to bring back into the fold, candidates who crashed out of the competition.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose who will be disappointed, who will be disaffected and those who will be aggrieved, you must take time to find ways of speaking to them so that they forget the past and join whoever wins to help with the battle ahead,\u201d he counseled.<\/p>\n
A founding father of the NPP, H.O Lamptey also told Citi New<\/strong>s, it is his duty as an elder in the party to ensure the NPP succeeds.<\/p>\n \u201cWe succeeded in previous elections we were robbed in 2012,\u201d he alleged, adding that, the NPP \u201cmust be united because we belong to one family.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAfter the struggle, whoever emerges as our flagbearer needs our support, our fullest support, our unflinching support and that is what I am praying for,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmoline.com\/Ghana
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