A Vice Chairperson aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) , Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has rubbished calls by the former President of the country, Jerry John Rawlings for an overhaul of the current leadership of the party in order for it to stand any chance of winning the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n
The former president has said on Eyewitness News<\/strong> on Thursday that the NDC risked losing the elections in 2016<\/strong><\/span><\/a> should it contest the elections with the current leadership, some of whom he believes have been corrupted by “by patronage and money.”<\/p>\n \u201cThey [NDC] seem to lack the sort of integrity that is required in the leadership of this party. It appears some of them have compromised themselves, some of them have been involved in things that is making it almost impossible and difficult for them to ensure that the gear changes on the situation in the government and I believe that if we bring on board people who have not compromised themselves, people who have not allowed themselves to be corrupted by patronage or money, we could be doing better than what is going on, or what we are doing\u2026 ,\u201c he\u00a0said.<\/p>\n Jerry John Rawlings also called\u00a0for Kofi Adams, who has<\/span>\u00a0declared his intention to contest for the position<\/strong><\/span><\/a>,\u00a0to be elected<\/span><\/span> as the National Organizer by the delegates of the NDC, to help the party regain its \u201clost integrity.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”PHyIqFjp8Twt1QHThp7YmvjQ4iuXR76o”]However, according to Mr. Ampofo, who is a former Local Government Minister, believes the current executives are not to blame for the party’s recent problems and should be commended for their handling of the party given the limited resources available to them.<\/p>\n