[ 2014-04-15 ]

Paul Afoko targets to rebrand NPP for 2016
The newly elected National Chairman of the New
Patriotic Party, Paul Afoko says his main agenda
for the NPP now is to restructure, rebrand and
rejuvenate the opposition party.

He says modifying the party's operational
strategies is the surest way to recapturing power
from the NDC in 2016.

Paul Afoko and nine others were elected at the
party’s delegates conference in Tamale,
Saturday, to manage the affairs of the party for
four years with the utmost objective of winning
the 2016 general elections.

The newly elected executives are Paul Afoko,
Chairman; Freddy Blay, Sammy Crabbe and F.F.
Antoh, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Vice Chairmen
respectively; Kwabena Agyepong, General Secretary;
John Boadu, National Organiser; Otiko Djaba,
Women’s Organiser; Sammy Awuku, Youth Organiser;
Kwabena Abankwa Yeboah, Treasurer; and Kamal Deen
Abdulai, National NASARA Coordinator.

In an interview with Adom TV on MultiTV, Mr. Paul
Afoko said there is the need to dissolve all
parallel groups within the party and unite for
victory in 2016.

He suggested that the party goes through some
modification processes to make it more efficient
for the battle ahead.

“As we go on, evolve, change and modify, we will
get to that point where we are in power and we
will stay in power for as long as we remain
faithful to our documents, our strategies and our
plans,” he remarked, warning “it would be the
height of folly [for any presidential candidte] to
come in with a parallel team which then seeks to
dominate or to supersede what is already in place;
that is not a situation that would auger well for
the party.”

Meanwhile, the former chief of staff under Kufuor
regime, Kwadwo Mpiani said the election of Paul
Afoko will enhance the electoral chances of the
NPP in the north.

He said although the party garnered good votes in
past elections in the north, the NPP will do even
better with Mr. Afoko's election.

A former General Secretary of the New Patriotic
Party, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie has dismissed
assertions the almost total overhaul of the the
party’s leadership signals a change in its
presidential nomination for the 2016 elections.

Two-time aspirant for the presidential nomination
of the NPP, Alan Kyerematen has suggested that the
replacement of the past executives indicates a
possible change in the party's ticket for 2016.

But Mr. Owusu Afriyie, popularly known as Sir
John, says the dynamics are different.

The immediate past NPP Chairman Jake
Obetsebi-Lamptey has advised the newly elected
National Chairman Paul Afoko to be tolerant and
patient in the execution of his functions.

He however cautioned his successor against being
overly tolerant, saying that could derail his
vision.

“One of the criticisms against me was that I was
too tolerant of views that were being improperly
expressed; and that I should have cracked the whip
a little bit more than I did”, he said.

Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey admonished all party
supporters to rally behind the newly elected
executives for victory in 2016.

Source - MyjoyOnline

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