2016 elections would be tough for NDC - Amissah Arthur
The Vice President, Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah Arthur has said next year’s general election was going to be tough for the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
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He has therefore called for more work at the grass root level to ensure victory. “Anybody who tells you it’s going to be easy does not know what he’s talking about,” he stated.
He indicated that this was partly because the past few years had been very difficult for the NDC government with low international prices for gold, cocoa and oil which he noted affected government’s ability to make easy the economic pressures on the people.
The Vice President was speaking at a national conference of the Tertiary Education Institutions Network (TEIN) of the NDC in Cape Coast on Monday.
“The opposition can easily take advantage of this and use it against us.”
He said despite these challenges, the NDC had managed to invest heavily in infrastructure in the areas of education health and security.
He said with the insurgence of Boko Haram and ISIS activities around the world government had spent a lot of money to improve on the security system to make the nation safer.
He called for “action” in 2016 to ensure victory in 2016.
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Mr Amissah Arthur said despite all these it was obvious that Ghanaians believed in the NDC as a party that guaranteed development especially in the rural communities.
He said President Mahama was a visionary leader with a committed team ready to ensure development got to every Ghanaian everywhere.
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“We need the victory. More than half of Ghanaians have not decided yet who to vote for and we have to convince them that President Mahama is a safe pair of hands to manage the nation.”
Vice President Amissah Arthur said the NDC appreciated the role of the TEIN in the party and would resource it to communicate the achievements of the NDC to Ghanaians.
The General Secretary of the NDC, Mr Johnson Asiedu-Nketiah said the main opposition party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) needed the rule of law and not the rule of persons to keep them united.
He called on the Inspector General of Police to let Ghanaians know what had become of investigation of ammunitions found at the headquarters of the NPP.
The National Youth Organizer of the NDC, Sidii Abubakar Musa said the conference was part of forums to strategize to ensure a 57 percent win for President Mahama in the 2016 general elections.
He called on the party leadership to make resources available to TEIN to help them work for total victory in 2016.
The National Organizer of the NDC, Mr Kofi Adams, urged the members of TEIN to educate the communities on government projects and how these would change their lives.