The tour has so far taken the team, which includes the National Chairman, Jake Obetesbi-Lamptey and General Secretary Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, to the Central, Ashanti, Brong Ahafo and Northern regions, taking the message of unity for victory in 2012 further to the Upper East Region on Monday and Upper East on Tuesday.
Mr Boakye Agyarko has announced that the 2012 campaign of the NPP would be ‘Electoral Area and Polling Station based’, describing it as ‘total grassroots campaign’ and that the constituency officers would serve as ‘supervisors’ for the grassroots-based campaign.
Speaking to both winners and losers of the recently-held parliamentary primaries, the Campaign Manager announced that at the top structure of the 2012 NPP campaign is a special body, the Campaign Advisory Board (CAB), which is headed by former President John Agyekum Kufuor.
The advisory board has former Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama as its Vice Chairman.
Other members are the Flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo, Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, Minority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, Boakye Agyarko, and two women of immense political experience to be appointed by the flagbearer.
Boakye Agyarko explained that the work of CAB was ‘basically to serve as a kind of council of state for the 2012 campaign. It will guide the campaign. It is there for the campaign to refer matters to, run ideas by them and they may also offer ideas and suggestions and when they see something they may quickly draw the campaign team’s attention to it for appropriate action to be taken.’
He said the former President had ‘a wealth of experience in presidential campaigns from which the 2012 campaign is happy to be drawing in a well-structured manner. We are all united in our determined, dedicated and disciplined DEVELOPMENT IN FREEDOM effort to win power next year, offer real political leadership and bring back hope to the people of this country. ‘
Mr J.A. Kufuor, the Chairman of CAB, first contested for the NPP’s maiden presidential nomination in 1992, coming third to Prof Albert Adu Boahen. In 1996, he won the party’s nomination but lost the presidential election to President J.J. Rawlings.
He returned, after being retained by the party, to defeat Vice President J.E.A. Mills in the 2000 election. He went on to defeat Prof Mills again in 2004, serving two terms as President of the Republic, with Alhaji Aliu Mahama as his Vice President for both terms.
Mr Kufuor, who was first elected as an MP in 1969, comes to the 2012 campaign with over 42 years of political experience behind him.
‘Nana Akufo-Addo is naturally thrilled by the former President’s strong enthusiasm for this campaign. The NPP is the party united for victory in 2012,’ Mr Agyarko underlined.
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