The North America Chairman of NDC, Mr. Cobby Boahene has undertaken a whirlwind tour of Georgia-Atlanta, where he met with NDC representatives from Atlanta, Alabama, North and South Carolina. He held close door meetings with these representatives in the company of Mr. Tony Amuzu, the Atlanta NDC Chairman. Details of their discussion was not disclosed but a report indicates NDC, under Mr. Boahene, is aggressively setting up branches in the Southern Sector of the USA to be followed by Vancouver in Canada and other areas across North America, including Ottawa, Boston, New Mexico, Connecticut, Texas and Las Vegas.
Whilst in Atlanta, Mr. Cobby Boahene was invited as a featured speaker at the 15th Celebration of the Homowo Festival by the Gadangme Association of Atlanta on Saturday, September 30th 2006. In his speech he cautioned Ghanaians in the Diaspora to be vigilant and not be taken unawares by any last minute implementation of ROPAL. He stressed that Ghanaians in the Diaspora should demand transparency whenever ROPAL is implemented for all Ghanaians living everywhere in the world to be allowed to exercise their franchise equitably, not only in areas thought to have more people of particular background likely to favor particular political parties. Mr. Boahene emphasized that Ghanaians should be vocal about unjust Laws and they should be bold to ask questions to bring about awareness for the betterment of mother Ghana. The audience was held spell-bound and stayed very attentive during Mr. Boahene?s speech, as he stressed the fact that Ghana is yet to develop institutions and proper procedures necessary for smooth implementation of a scheme as complex as ROPAL.The NACC-NDC Chairman?s down to earth speech was well received by the Gadangme people and other invited guests at the function.
The NACC-NDC Chairman has since returned to his Chicago base making plans for trips to Washington DC and Maryland prior to the next NACC-NDC meeting scheduled to be hosted by Atlanta NDC headed by Mr. Tony Amuzu on December 2, 2006.
Source: GhanaWeb
