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The 2021 NPP Delegates Conference held in Kumasi
The Annual Delegates Conference of the NPP was held at the Heroes Park in Kumasi to bring together party faithful to plan ahead into the future and make things better for the party in the coming years.
No one should unreasonably think that planning ahead in this way was a waste of time. Rather, it helped the party to put ideas together and shape up things in a manner that helped the political entity to operate effectively and efficiently in line with the wishes and aspirations of its followers.
The event was held in conformity with Article 9 (2) sub- section 1 of the NPP constitution. It was attended by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his vice, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, as well as former President John Agyekum Kufuor, members of the National Council, party executives at the national, regional and local levels.
OTHER ATTENDANTS
Also in attendance were NPP members of Parliament, Ministers, Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives ( MMDCEs), members of the various wings of the party including the NASARA or zongo group.
DYNAMIC POLITICAL PARTY
Every dynamic political party worth its salt must from time to time, explore new ways of being about changing that are necessary to promote socio- economic development for the people it governs.
CHANGES
Such changes have been ongoing from time to time but since society is dynamic, these changes must continue unabated especially in conformity with the exigencies of the times.
THEME
The programme was organised under the theme: “ NPP : our resolve, our determination and commitment to Ghana’s development”.
GOAL OF A POLITICAL PARTY
There is no doubt that a political party must not only seek or fight for political power to misrule a country. Instead, the political power must be used to serve the interest of the people which includes education, healthcare,agricultural development, employment, road construction and development in other sectors of the economy.
CONSISTENCY GROWTH NEEDED
Consistency in economic growth is what is needed at every time to improve upon the welfare of people.
DEVELOPMENT AGENDA
Such an agenda of development is what is needed to promote Ghana as a united front to begin an endless programme of economic and political growth for everyone in the country.
ACHIEVEMENTS BY NPP
As a political party, the New Patriotic Party can boast of great and fabulous achievements that have become the envy of many people in the country as well as other people in various parts of the world.
NO RELAXATION
This is not to say that the party should relax or rest on its oars but should work harder to address other challenges facing the nation.
UNITY NEEDED
The party needs to remain United at all times so as to be able to become victorious in future contests.
PARTY LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT
The party leadership and supporters must remain united and see to it that every member of the party is given due recognition.
Vice President Bawumia pointed out that the NPP has not been able to solve all problems facing the country but they have done well so far and are still addressing other problems. This point dovetails into what President Akufo-Addo said that the party had an economic programme to address the other challenges facing the country.
WELL ORGANISED CONFERENCE
The NPP Delegates Conference in Kumasi was not only well organised but also well attended by the delegates. In all, 5,000 delegates attended the event and actively participated in the various programmes outlined for the three days. It is also good that other political parties attended the event to express their views on what went on. Other people even attended the programme from outside the country and all these go to show that the democratic credentials of the New Patriotic Party is not only well rooted and well developed, but extends beyond the borders of the country.
The NPP could not discuss and approve or disapprove the various proposed amendments tabled by party members. In spite of this, however, it is recommended that the relevant committee under the leadership of Hon. Afenyo Markins should carefully examine all the proposals in a critical manner in the interest of the party. This should be well done so that as a political party, the NPP will be able to grow from strength to strength and also from victory to victory.
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BY DR KOFI AMPONSAH-BEDIAKO
One of the issues we have been grappling with as a nation is corruption, and it has had such a devastating effect on our national development. I have been convinced that until morality becomes the foundation upon which our governance system is built, we can never go forward as a nation.
Our traditional practices, which have shaped our cultural beliefs, have always espoused values that have kept us along the straight and the narrow and have preserved our societies since ancient times.
These are values that frown on negative habits like stealing, cheating, greediness, selfishness, etc. Our grandparents have told us stories of societies where stealing was regarded as so shameful that offenders, when caught, have on a number of instances committed suicide.
In fact, my mother told me of a story where a man who was living in the same village as her mother (my grandmother), after having been caught stealing a neighbour’s cockerel, out of shame committed suicide on a mango tree. Those were the days that shameful acts were an abomination.
Tegare worship, a traditional spiritual worship during which the spirit possesses the Tegare Priest and begins to reveal secrets, was one of the means by which the society upheld African values in the days of my grandmother and the early childhood days of my mother.
Those were the days when the fear of being killed by Tegare prevented people from engaging in anti-social vices. These days, people sleeping with other people’s wives are not uncommon.
These wrongful behaviour was not countenanced at all by Tegare. One was likely going to lose his life on days that Tegare operates, and so unhealthy habits like coveting your neighbour’s wife was a taboo.
Stealing of other people’s farm produce, for instance, could mean certain death or incapacitation of the whole or part of the body in the full glare of everybody. People realised that there were consequences for wrongdoing, and this went a long way to motivate the society to adhere to right values.
Imagine a President being sworn into office and whoever administers the oath says, “Please say this after me: I, Mr. …., do solemnly swear by God, the spirits of my ancestors and the spirits ruling in Ghana, that should I engage in corrupt acts, may I and my family become crippled, may madness become entrenched in my family, may incurable sicknesses and diseases be my portion and that of my family, both immediate and extended.”
Can you imagine a situation where a few weeks afterwards the President goes to engage in corrupt acts and we hear of his sudden demise or incapacitation and confessing that he engaged in corrupt acts before passing or before the incapacitation—and the effect it will have on his successor? I believe we have to critically examine this option to curb corruption.
My grandmother gave me an eyewitness account of one such encounter where a woman died instantly after the Tegare Priest had revealed a wrong attitude she had displayed during the performance on one of the days scheduled for Tegare spirit manifestation.
According to her story, the Priest, after he had been possessed by the spirit, declared that for what the woman had done, he would not forgive her and that he would kill. Instantly, according to my grandmother, the lady fell down suddenly and she died—just like what happened to Ananias and his wife Sapphira in Acts Chapter 5.
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