A suggestion has been made to the hierarchy of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to discourage the formation of splinter groups within the party since some of them could have a negative impact on progress of the party.
Alhaji Osman Boakye, second vice chairman of the Ashanti Region NDC, who made the suggestion said such groups become tools for promoting disunity instead of strengthening the base of the party.
He was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of a number of sub-committees of the Asokwa-East constituency of the NDC in Kumasi on Saturday.
The sub-committees included those on finance, organisation and propaganda, disciplinary, media/publicity and research, as well as youth and women.
Alhaji Boakye said the essence of such splinter groups is, “using them as a base to win new members into the party, but unfortunately some are rather used as platform for attracting members of the mother party to them, thereby defeating the purpose for which they were formed.”
Alhaji Suleimana Gado, chairman of the Asokwa East constituency of the party, said the NDC was not the property of any single individual.
He said “The party is superior to any individual and for that matter, every member’s view should be respected.”
Mr J.B. Salifu, the Constituency Secretary of NDC, urged the wards and branches of the party to adopt scientific methods of campaigning and propagating messages of the party in the bid to win more members into the NDC.
He asked party members not to underrate the 2004 elections nor to be over-confident, but rather approach the campaign drive with all seriousness.
Source: GhanaWeb
