The Old Guards Association of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), has appealed to members of the party to desist from acts that could adversely affect its fortunes in election 2012.
\nIt said it found it disheartening that some members of the party, founded on the principles of probity and accountability, \u201chave thrown caution to the wind and are grabbing with all four limbs, any advantage within their reach\u201d.
\nThis is contained in a statement signed by Oheneba Asamoah Atuahene, National Chairman, in Kumasi on Wednesday. \u201cWe must eschew petty bickering, needless in-fighting, vicious and debilitating criticism, dishonesty and graft\u201d, it said.
\nThe statement said the declaration of 2011 by President Mills\u2019 \u201cas a year of action\u201d is a clarion call on both the leadership of the party and government to be up and doing, adding that, the third year \u201ccompletes the triangular symbol that has characterized the party\u2019s struggle for and attainment of political power.
\n\u201cIn 2011, we can only succeed if we consciously and conscientiously put our collective efforts together in line with the party\u2019s greater objectives, which are social justice for all, human resource development, better health and accommodation, infrastructural growth and creation of sustainable industrial base for our nation\u201d. The statement said it was time party members lived up to expectation and worked aggressively towards the achievement of the \u201cBetter Ghana Agenda.\u201d
\nIt called for greater unity among the members and said they need to work in concert to win the 2012 general elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Old Guards Association of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), has appealed to members of the party to desist from acts that could adversely affect its fortunes in election 2012. It said it found it disheartening that some members of the party, founded on the principles of probity and accountability, \u201chave thrown caution to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-272864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n