An aspiring General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Musah Iddrisu,widely known as Musah Superior, is urging members of the party, to rally support, in his bid to become the next NPP General Secretary.
In what he describes as a sweet super win for the NPP, he proclaims the same feat which was achieved in the 2016 elections be repeated in 2024, if he’s back by the party to be their General Secretary.
“I want to bring back the sweet-super win we had in 2016”, Superior noted.
Mr. Iddrisu, who is also the deputy Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of the Forestry Commission, has assured members of his party, especially members at the grass-root level, of his massive support, if he’s elected- General Secretary, in their upcoming internal elections.
Speaking with Kwaku Dawuro on Movement in the morning political show, the NPP General Secretary hopeful bemoaned the current harsh treatment meted out to grassroots members of the party.
“I have visited 75 constituencies in 12 regions so far, as part of the PEOPLE’S CAMPAIGN tour, and from what I observed, the current state of many polling station officers and constituency executives is an eyesore. 61 percent of the last constituency officers, do not have a job or business”, he lamented.
He mentioned that the party must pay critical attention to constituency executive; adding that they should be empowered and provided with the needed logistics.
“Some constituency offices are ramshackle. Research officers and constituency officers do not even have the needed logistics to work with”, he added.
“If NDC can build a party office in the centre of Accra, how much more a party that has been in government for about five years now! Have you visited the party’s National headquarters before?, ” he quizzed Kwaku Dawuro. Adding that It’s very sad.
The current administrative structure of the NPP in his view, is non- functional. He pointed out that the current executives have failed in their task to run a proper administrative structure.
“All these balls down to poor leadership on the side of the current executives of the party”, he noted.
That notwithstanding, the former Mayor of Tamale Metropolis promised to establish a business development unit initiative, aimed at empowering folks of the NPP, from the polling station to the regional level with 300Million Ghana cedis fund.
He revealed that the party lacks welfare funds. “It’s appalling that members of the party, are unable to receive the needed support to enhance their livelihood”, Superior said.
In that regard, he’s proposing a 1 Million cedi Welfare fund, geared towards supporting the welfare of both executives and members of the party, when the need arises.
To materialize this proposal, Musah Superior, mentions that every Minister, CEO and all government appointees will be given a letter to pledge an amount to be paid monthly to support the fund.
He added, that the party could only break the eight if it prioritize and reorganize from the grassroots.
The NPP General Secretary hopeful, Musah Iddrisu, is expected to contest with, the incumbent General Secretary of the NPP, Mr. John Boadu; the CEO of the Youth Employment Agency, Justice Kodua Frimpong; Western Regional Secretary of the NPP, Charles Bissue and former MP for suhum, Frank Opare-Ansah.
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