Ghana’s biggest opposition party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has indicated that it is well prepared to face any combination of executives who will be elected at the National Democratic Congress\u2019 (NDC) national congress on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The NPP\u2019s General Secretary, Kwabena Agyapong told Citi News<\/strong>, his party will not shiver in their boots facing a new crop of NDC executives ahead of the 2016 general elections.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are very focused on our own programme despite the fact that it is always important to do what we call opposition research. I have an eye on those who run the opposition party because I believe that people make institutions so we have an eye on what they are doing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”8OecalYAQzlx75HtBhWiBoWQ6yf2sSRz”]Mr. Agyapong confirmed his invitation to the NDC\u2019s congress in Kumasi on Saturday and expressed his readiness to be present because according to him, the NDC\u2019s General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia\u201c was in Tamale when I was elected and I would want to return that complement and also respect them.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve never been to an NDC congress, it will be very interesting and I look forward to it. I wish them well,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n The People\u2019s National Convention (PNC) has also expressed the hope that the NDC will elect strong executives which will challenge them to work hard in the 2016 general elections.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are confident that the NDC when they are a strong political party, it will give the PNC the impetus to be able to put our house in order so as to compete,\u201d The PNC\u2019s General Secretary, Bernard Monah told Citi News<\/strong>.<\/p>\n He mentioned that the governing party \u201csince 1992, they have contributed significantly to our political discourse; in some ways negatively, in some ways positively\u201d but he was hopeful that the two remaining years of the NDC will deepen the nation\u2019s democracy.<\/p>\n Monah also confirmed that he will attend the congress in Kumasi saying, \u201cwe will be at the NDC national delegates\u2019 congress as a party to formally send our solidarity message to them. We wish the NDC and we believe that out of this, we will be able to get the best out of this nation.\u201d<\/p>\n The Convention People\u2019s Party (CPP) on the other hand says they are not perturbed by the quality of the executives who will be elected.<\/p>\n The CPP\u2019s Ivor Greenstreet in an interview with Citi News<\/strong>, \u201cwe just pray for travelling mercies for all the delegates who will be going there and that they will choose people who are ready to enhance our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTheir real caliber is so far the failure of their own government so whatever executives who have put in place, if your government has failed to deliver on its manifesto and improve the lives of Ghanaians, what difference does that make who your executives are?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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