“Apart from the ruling party-NDC, I’m not too sure any other political party has what it takes to sustain itself for a full blown electioneering campaign,” that is the contention of the Minority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu.
His comments follows the widespread rumours that the biggest opposition New Patriotic Party does not have the financial muscle to power its campaign for the 2016 elections.
But Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu reacting to such comments said the NPP is not doing bad albeit the fact that “circumstances are not the best”
He told Bola Ray on Starr Chat that having lost two elections in a row it was quiet obvious that the party may face extreme challenges with funding.
“…Donor fatigue will set in,” he noted, but added that the NPP will have to portray a sense of collectiveness and unity to forge ahead.
He’s however dismissed speculations that Blackstars forward, Asamoah Gyan is sponsoring the party ahead of the crucial elections slated for November 7, 2016.
“I can tell you on authority from where I sit that I’ve never known Asamoah Gyan contribute any meaningful way to the affairs of our party. I’ll not pretend to know everything because if you are a member of parliament and Asamoah Gyan thinks that whether you are an NPP or NDC and you’re friend to Asamoah Gyan and now everybody knows that he’s now well resourced and he saids can I assist you with maybe USD 5000, its a contribution to a major political party-I’ll not know that. And will anybody then say that he’s financing NPP? Who knows what he’s giving to his other friends in NDC? So if you’re talking about the centre, I don’t know of any such contribution coming from him from 2008, 2012 when I’ve been keenly involved,” he said.
Source: GhanaWeb
