The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwame Governs Agbodza, has expressed deep concern over alleged vote buying and the growing monetisation of internal elections within the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Addressing party faithful at the NDC Volta Regional Delegates Conference held at the Afetsi Auditorium of Ho Technical University on November 14, 2026, Mr Agbodza, who also doubles as the Member of Parliament for Adaklu, urged members to reject monetary inducements and safeguard the party’s internal democracy.
The legislator noted that the level of financial inducement witnessed across the region and other parts of the country ahead of the regional executive elections sent shocks down his spine. He warned that the emerging culture of vote buying is a “trouble brewing gradually” which the party and the broader political class must confront before it undermines democratic integrity.
Mr Agbodza recalled that throughout his political career in Adaklu, he had never induced delegates with money during branch or constituency contests, adding that the scenes observed during the recent polls were alien to the traditions of the party and initially resembled tactics he associated with the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).
“I have never paid a cedi to anybody in Adaklu during the branch and constituency elections before. But in the past election, we saw things like that happen. We can say that it is good. Yesterday I saw things that I actually thought it was NPP people doing it. Today you may be happy about it. I am saying what I saw yesterday across the region and across the country; this is not Jerry Rawlings’ party. I can’t say more; let’s keep it, let’s reflect on it and let’s make amendments,” he told the gathering.
According to media reports by Revival 99.3 FM and Benji TV, the Minister cautioned delegates against endorsing or tolerating financial inducements merely for short-term gains or a sense of belonging, stressing that such practices erode the credibility of the party’s electoral processes.
He consequently called on the leadership and rank-and-file of the NDC to reflect on the development and return to the core founding principles of probity, accountability, and transparency championed by the party’s founder, the late Jerry John Rawlings.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
