By:Isaac Amoah
As part of strategic moves to ensure effective door-to-door, market-to-market and community-to-community campaign to maximise votes for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential Candidate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the Ashanti Regional branch of the NPP has officially launched its volunteer group dubbed: “Bawumia Volunteers 2024 (B24).”
The official launch was held at Rattary Park Dome on Friday, 27th September 2024, and it brought together high-profile party officials, chief executive officers (CEOs) of state institutions from the region, some former and current CEOs, Members of Parliament (MPs), as well as incumbent MPs.
Some scenes from the launching ceremony
The National Chairperson of B24, who doubles as Ghana’s Education Minister, Dr. Osei Yaw Adutwum, said the achievements of the NPP government were unprecedented.
Chairman Wontumi receiving cheers from participants
Making an evidence-based powerpoint presentation, the participants were totally amazed at the massive achievements of the government in the educational sector, where his presentation focused more.
Dr. Adutwum, who is also the MP for the Bosomtwe Constituency, called on voters not to make a mistake to vote for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) since that would be a terrible retrogression.
According to him, education is the bedrock of every developed country or society, and the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government has laid a solid foundation, for which reason all eligible voters must turn out on December 7 and vote for Dr. Bawumia, who is number one on the ballot, to implement his digitalisation agenda, among other great policies and programmes for accelerated growth.
Dr.Osei Yaw Adutwum
B24 is aimed at ensuring co-ordinated efforts for victory for Dr. Bawumia in this year’s presidential election. B24 is a volunteer group that is supposed to work within the 47 constituencies in the Ashanti Region to ensure the NPP wins the elections convincingly. The group goes by the motto: “Hard work is our hallmark”.
A section of the B24 volunteers
On his part, the Middle Belt Campaign Co-ordinator for Bawumia’s campaign, who is also the MP for Effiduase Asokore, Dr. Nana Ayew Afriye, explained that B24, which is led by Dr. Osei Yaw Adutwum, is supposed to harmonise identifiable groups across the country to ensure a united and a well-coordinated campaign.
He said the Ashanti Region has every reason to make sure Dr. Bawumia become President.
Dr.Osei Yaw Adutwum,Mr Simon Osei-Mensah , Chairman Wontumi among others
Dr. Afriye said ahead of the NPP primaries, Dr. Bawumia tasked them to work hard for him to win the party’s flagbearership race. He disclosed that Dr. Bawumia had been asking when the group was going to be launched and when Dr. Adutwum accepted the chairmanship, they needed to launch it for their activities to start on Saturday, 28th September 2024.
According to him, Dr. Adutwum is a goalgetter and humble, and he needs the support of all to ensure that they achieve their set goals.
The Middle Belt Bawumia’s Campaign co-ordinator said Ashanti would furnish Dr. Bawumia with not less than 85% of votes in the 7th December polls. He added that if elections were held today, the NDC would lose.
According to him, NDC’s own research says they are losing seats and they are aware. “The latest polls indicate that the NPP will win 18 more seats; hence, NDC has started instigating groups to cause confusion in Accra to discourage voters,” he said.
He added that all the research show the NPP would regain all the seats it lost in 2020.
