Bolgatanga, Dec. 23, Ghanadot/GNA - Upper East Region branch
of the People's National Convention (PNC), has urged it
supporters to vote massively for the New Patriotic Party (NPP),
in the Presidential Run-off on December 28.
Mr. Baba Mohammed, the PNC Regional Chairman, at a press
conference in Bolgatanga, said the call followed a meeting
by the regional executives of the party and consultations
with ward and constituency executives of 10 out of the 13
constituencies in the region.
He mentioned Bolgatanga, Nabdam, Talensi, Bongo Garu-Tempane,
Bawku Central, Binduri, Paga-Chiana, Pusiga and Zebilla
constituencies and said Builsa South and Builsa North
constituency executives were yet to decide which side to go.
Mr. Mohammed said the resolution was based mainly on
consideration of party’s security and its performance in
future.
He explained that " the PNDC that gave birth to the NDC did
not allow the PNP, Nkrumahist party, under Dr. Hilla Liman
to serve its full term of office to implement its good
programmes for Ghanaians."
The PNC Regional Chairman said that the late President Liman
demonstrated his preparedness to work with the NPP when he
led the party to boycott the 1992 parliamentary elections
because he believed like the NPP that the elections had been
manipulated.
Mr. Mohammed said in 2000, Dr. Edward Mahama, who led the
PNC, supported the NPP in the presidential run-off "because
of the bad policies of the NDC".
He said that a comparison of NPP and NDC in terms of
development of the eight years each that the political
parties had rule Ghana, indicated that NPP had performed
better.
Mr. Mohammed said the PNC lauded the NPP proposed Northern
Development Fund, especially the party’s intention to
increase the fund with an additional 1 billion US dollars,
which was similar to the PNC's plans to develop northern
Ghana.
He commended PNC Members of Parliament for declaring their
support for the NPP in the presidential run-off and said the
decision of the regional executive surpassed any earlier
claims that might have gone in favour of the NDC.
Mr. Mohammed said for now, ideology did not matter most to
the PNC but "Whether it is centre left or centre right party
that we give our support to, to move the country forward is
crucial at the moment because we want to see this country
develop better."
The Navrongo Central Constituency of the party last Thursday
declared its support for the NDC.
GNA
