THE Seventh Volta Regional Delegates’ Conference of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) ended calmly at the St Teresa’s College of Education campus, HoHoe, after a hectic election which went deep into the night.
Mr Kwasi Aboagye, a former Volta Regional Deputy Minister was retained as the Regional Chairman of the party. He polled 109 to beat Mr John Kudjo Gyapong, a former two–time NDC Member of Parliament for the Akan Constituency who had 94 votes.
Emmanuel Modey & Victor Kwawukume, report from Hohoe that after the closely fought election, delegates who were happily singing NDC songs hailed the winner, expressed satisfaction at the outcome, tapped each other back and shook hands happily to demonstrate the strength of the party.
The victor and the vanquished also shook hands and embraced each other warmly to demonstrate that in every competition, there is a winner and a loser.
The election was conducted by the officials of the Volta Regional Electoral Commission.
Others elected at the congress are Mr Edwin Aklobortu and Mr Kosi Kedem as Vice-Chairmen; Mr Simon Amegashie Viglo, Secretary , with Ms Mary Agbenyenu as his deputy.
Mr Henry Ametefe, a former Ketu District Chief Executive and now the Volta Regional Coordinator of NADMO, was elected the Organiser with Mr Daniel Attipoe as his vice; while Nicholas Fatu won the position of Propaganda Secretary with Mr Samuel Lumor as his vice.
Mr Myles Simon Baka was elected Treasurer, whilst Madam Seline Hotor became the vice.
In the pre-election message, the President, Professor John Evans Atta Mills, called on the delegates to display a high sense of discipline to elect only the best people who could be trusted to carry their wishes and aspirations to the desired goal.
In the message read on his behalf, he said, “ dedication, commitment, loyalty, accountability and intergrity should be the qualification to be sought for in whoever got elected to any of the positions being sought for”.
Former President, Ft Lt John Jerry Rawlings also said the Volta Region which is always called the “ World Bank” of the party should have leaders who would move the region and its people forward.
He said that “they should not allow empty sloganeering, wishful promises and the lure of money to pick candidates for positions.”
Tim Dzamboe, reports from Ho that the incumbent Volta Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Ken-Wuud Nuworsu, was re-elected at the regional delegates conference held at the Ho Polytechnic Auditorium last Wednesday.
He was challenged by the former Regional Organiser, Mr Johnson Avuletey. Other elected executives were Mr Charles Tettey as First Vice-chairman; Dr Archibald Letsa, who was elected unopposed as Second Vice-chairman; Mr George Kofi Boateng as Regional Secretary; Mr Peter Akottey as Regional Treasurer; Mr Ken Kodzo Ayim as Regional Organiser; Mr Maxwell Coffie as Regional Youth Organiser and Mrs Fidelia Dorleku, as Regional Women Organiser. Ms Doris Ama Bansah was elected unopposed as Assistant Regional Secretary, and Alhaji Issa, the Regional Coordinator of the Nasara Club.
Addressing delegates, the First National Vice-Person, Mrs Agnes Okudzeto, said it was embarrassing to her for the region to be described as a “weak region” during party meetings.
She therefore urged members of the party in the region to work hard to change the tide by voting for the NPP in the next election.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Nkwanta-South, Mr Joseph Nayan, said the NPP was the minority party in Parliament but the Volta Region was in “aggravated minority” because he was the only candidate from the party among 22 MPs from the region.
Mr Nayan, therefore, stressed the need for the party in the region to put its house in order with the view to going into the next election with a united front.
In a welcoming address, the Regional Chairman, Mr Nuworsu, said the party was growing from strength to strength in the region, not withstanding difficulties that came their way.
He said their loss in the last election was most regrettable and attributed it to internal lapses and not the strength or supremacy of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
According to him, the record performance of the NPP government was being acclaimed and acknowledged by the NDC, adding that many people had missed the NPP government.
Mr Nuworsu said applications for membership into the party was growing in the region and that the issuing of party cards would be decentralised to eliminate the frustration at the centralised level.
He said as a party in opposition, the challenge facing members was to maintain a united party in order to withstand vicious propaganda and harmonise intra-party relations.
Other speakers were Mr Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, Mr Yaw Buabeng –Asamoah, Captain Effah-Dartey (retd), Mr John Buadu and Alhaji Tango who were given the opportunity to canvass for votes for the next national congress.
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