The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has targeted 500,000 votes in the upcoming general elections.
This was disclosed by the Director of Communications of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahiagbah, at a press conference.
He told journalists that the party wants to garner between 300,000 and 500,000 votes.
HR dubbed the press conference the “abuse of the electoral loyalty of the Volta Region” on 30th October 2024 at the New Patriotic Party Regional Headquarters in Ho.
“Our expectation is clear: the NPP is targeting between 300,000 and 500,000 votes in the 2024 presidential election,” he stated. “This is more than just a numerical target. It represents our conviction that the message we bring—ffocused on economic empowerment, infrastructure, and sustainable development—iis resonating with Ghanaians.”
“This will help break the NDC’s unproductive and abusive stranglehold on the Volta Region and turn it into a battleground where the NPP and the NDC compete for votes based on programs and policies that uplift the people.”.
He declared that “it is not going to be business as usual for the NDC. The usual deception, misrepresentation of inflaming sectional differences, and the invocation of former President Rawlings as a son of Volta to derive votes. This will no longer work for the NDC,” he added.
“I expect the NDC to ridicule this battleground idea, but it would be foolish. The change in voter behaviour started with the 2020 general elections when the NPP won the Hohoe seat for the first time, improved its showing in Ketu North, and obtained 14.1 percent of the presidential votes.”.
He also claimed that “like the youth across the country, the youth of this region have embraced Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia’s fourth industrial-era programs and policies, which are designed to put the Ghanaian youth on the frontier of global competition for jobs, education, and business opportunities.”.
Mr. Ahiagbah added that “the evidence of the renaissance became manifest with the warm welcome accorded to H.E. Dr Mahadu Bawumia, the NPP presidential candidate, during his recent tour of the region. The NDC is confused. They can’t understand what is happening in the Volta Region, which is shocking. However, as a Voltarian, I am not surprised because I believe the Volta Region will someday become a competitive electoral market.”.
“The outcome for the Volta Region in this proposition is accelerated regional development. The considerable investment of the Akufo-Bawumia Administration in the region is a herald of mammoth growth when Dr. Bawumia becomes President,” he added.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
