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NPP delegates cautioned against propagandist tactics
Sunyani, Nov. 25, Ghanadot/GNA - Prof
Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, a New Patriotic Party (NPP)
presidential aspirant, on Saturday cautioned party members
to watch out for attempts that might be made to cause
friction among the aspirants in the last days of campaigning
for the December congress.
"As the congress draws nearer some self-seeking politicians
both within and outside, in collaboration with some media
practitioners, are bent on discrediting the congress by
peddling falsehood in the media against some of the
aspirants.''
"We must be vigilant, protect the integrity of the Danquah/Busia
political tradition and ensure that we come out of congress
more united for the bigger battle ahead,'' Prof
Frimpong-Boateng told newsmen in Sunyani after interacting
with potential delegates in the Brong-Ahafo Region.
He said any ''untoward action or inaction emanating from the
congress would be difficult to manage within 12 months.
Prof Frimpong-Boateng appealed to the delegates to elect him
as the NPP's presidential candidate for Election 2008.
"A visionary leadership with self accomplished track record,
unblemished testimony, ability to attract floating voters
which is very crucial for our victory in Election 2008 and
Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng is the man the people are
rooting for."
The NPP presidential aspirant said he was a visionary leader
since he had the capacity to deepen good governance and
stimulate socio-economic growth.
He appealed to the delegates to protect their pride that
made it possible for the party to win the 2000 and 2004
elections and avoid selling their conscience in the
forthcoming NPP national congress.
"We have done it before and we shall collectively do it
again," he said and expressed optimism that despite the
large number of NPP presidential aspirants, the party would
emerge from the delegates' congress more solid and united.
Prof Frimpong-Boateng said the achievements of the party,
which had won national and international acclaim, needed to
be consolidated by an action-oriented youth with vim and
experience like him.
"Mind you, the corporate achievements chalked by the party
for mother Ghana did not manifest from the toil of any one
person but the collective prudence of party apparatchiks."
He appealed to the media to be circumspect, and avoid being
the agents of retardation of the nation's progress.
"Your role is very unique in strengthening and deepening our
democracy but that role can be abused if you allow others to
remotely control you with some few cedis."
Prof Frimpong-Boateng said it was unacceptable that about 80
percent of inputs into agriculture, education and health are
from foreign sources.
He said it was a shame that a major thrust of the nation's
economic policy was to try as much as possible to attract
foreign investors.
''Good as foreign investments are, we just cannot sit down
and think that without confronting our problems ourselves we
can still be prosperous,'' he said.
GNA
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