P. C Appiah Ofori calls for two different campaign teams for the NPP

NPP Member of Parliament for Asikuma Odoben-Brakwa in the Central Region, Paul Collins Appiah Ofori, has revealed that he will propose the establishment of a campaign team led by Chief Lepowura M. N. D Jawula in the Northern Region to canvass votes for the party during the general elections this year.

P.C Appiah Ofori had opted for the candidature of Chief Lepowura Jawula as the Vice Presidential Aspirant on the ticket of NPP and opined that his choice stands a greater chance in ensuring victory for the party.

He says the NPP lost massively in the Northern Region during the 2008 elections which resulted in the party’s defeat adding that the 2008 Presidential candidate, Dr. Bawumia, has proven to be ineffective to garner votes from the Northern part of the country.

P.C Appiah Ofori who has been a staunch critic of Dr. Bawumia as the running mate for Nana Addo in this electioneering year explains that the campaign team should be the central focus for soliciting votes from the people of the Northern sector and its environs.

He continued in an interview with Xfm 95.1 on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 that the campaign team chaired by Chief Jawula would gain much support from the people of the Northern Region for the New Patriotic Party in the impending December elections, considering his status as a chief, adding that, “in the North, chiefs are adored by their subjects”.

“I’m going to propose to National Council that they should set up a campaign team for the North and the Muslim communities and that campaign team for the North should be led by Chief Jawula for him to tour the whole Northern Region. For him to meet all the chiefs in the Northern Region, Upper East, Upper West [to] solicit their support for Nana Akuffo Addo and for the party.”

The NPP Presidential candidate, Nana Addo Akufo Addo, had a meeting with the party’s national executive council on Tuesday, 17th January, where his choice of a running mate was expected to be announced.

Even though the running mate spotlight is drifted towards Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, P. C Appiah Ofori has vehemently denounced Dr. Bawumia as the running mate to the NPP flagbearer on the premise that he (Bawumia) would spell doom for the party in the 2012 elections.

“…he will not be able to get us anything. He has no record…”, he asserted.

Story by Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/ Xfm 95.1/Accra/Ghana