Source:Isaac Amoah/tntnewspapergh.com

The Flagbearer and Leader of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, and the national executives of the party have been urged to urgently set up a special committee to help heal the pains of former party executives and government appointees in order to bring all on board prior to the 2024 general election.

Nana Osei Bonsu Bempah II,the  Nkosuohene of Atwima Akropong in the Ashanti Region who doubles as the former First Vice Chairman of the NPP in the Odotobri Constituency, who made the proposal in an interview with “The New Trust” newspaper, lamented that the party had for far too long neglected former party executives from the polling station level up to the national level.

Nana Osei Bonsu Bempah II and Dr Bawumia

Aside from that, former government appointees, comprising chief executive officers (CEOs) of state enterprises, metropolitan, municipal and district executives (MMDCEs), former ministers and deputy ministers as well as former Members of Parliament (MPs), have all been virtually neglected in the affairs of the party.

“We tend to forget that all these party executives from the polling station level to the national executives and government appointees, apart from having votes, have families and influence on many voters,” he noted.

“Many of these people are going through pains and they have no one to talk to. There is an urgent need for the party to get all these people on board to make it easy to win the 2024 polls.

I’m, therefore, using your medium to appeal to Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and the national executives of NPP to urgently set up a special committee to meet and address the concerns of all former party executives from the polling station through to the national level as well as former MPs and other government appointees,” he said.

“Apart from their votes and the influence they have on voters, the party seriously needs their experience to strategise for victory. Some of these people are sick and have many challenges but have no one to pay attention to their concerns because they have been neglected,” he added.

Nana Osei Bonsu Bempah II, who doubles as Nkosuohene of Atwima Akropong in the Ashanti Region, said there was the need for the party to create a platform to bring on board all former party members, former MPs and other government appointees across all the 16 regions for them to feel part of the party at all times.

The former Odotobri first vice chairman, who is currently outside the country, stressed “let’s heal the pains of the former NPP executives from the polling station level up to the national level. The special committee should also meet all former MPs and former MMDCEs. Those who have been neglected by the party should meet them and hear their grievances.”

“If the national executives want the party to break the 8, then they must meet this people from various regions,” he added.