Jake
is NPP's new National Chairman
February 28, 2010
He polled 2,030 votes to beat off the challenge
by his four other contestants, Stephen Ayesu
Ntim, who had 1,804 votes, Sammy K.A.B Crabbe,
43, Dr Charles Wereko-Brobbey, 29 and Felix
Kwasi Owusu Adjapong, 25 votes.
This was at the party's one day national
delegates' conference held at the Baba Yara
Sports Stadium in Kumasi.
Other national officers elected by the 4,500
delegates from the 230 constituencies were Mr.
Fred Oware, first Vice Chairman, Sheikh T.B.
Bamba, second Vice-Chairman, Madam Sophia
Horner-Sam, third Vice-Chairman, and Esther
Dzifa Ofori, Treasurer.
The rest included Mr. Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie,
General Secretary, Alhaji Moctar Bamba,
Organizer, Anthony A. Karbo, Youth Organizer,
and Ms. Otiko Afisah Djaba, Women Organizer, and
Abubakar Sulemana, Nasara Coordinator.
They would manage the affairs of the party for
the next four years.
As the Ashanti Regional Electoral Officer, Mr
Kofi Asomani, announced the results at 0130
hours, the anxious supporters of the elected
candidates went into frenzy and danced to
Phillipa Barfi's hit song "Go-Go High", which
was adopted by the NPP as its campaign song in
the 2008 general elections.
The voting and collation lasted for about eight
hours and were conducted in a peaceful and
orderly manner, presenting the 300 police and
Fire Service personnel deployed to provide
security with no troubles.
Mr. Obetsebi-Lamptey said they were grateful to
the delegates for the opportunity to serve both
the party and the nation.
He vowed to lead the NPP to recapture political
power in the 2012 general poll.
He called for an end to complaints and bickering
in the party and said they should concentrate
and move to the future.
"The country is crying, the people are
suffering, they are in depression, looking to
the NPP to come to their rescue", he said,
drawing applause from the jubilant supporters.
Mr. Obetsebi-Lamptey demanded from the party
members' not only hard work but cooperation and
support for the leadership to win back political
power.
The new executive was sworn in by Mr Peter
Mac-Manu, out-going National Chairman.
Earlier, former President John Agyekum Kufuor
underlined the need for the party to resist the
emergence of personality cult in the NPP, saying
this was not only alien to its tradition but a
threat to its unity.
"Reflect, Re-build and Recapture", was the theme
for the conference.
There were fraternal messages from all the
political parties except the ruling National
democratic Congress (NDC).
GNA