Flashback: Don’t take voters for granted – NDC

In June 2016, a member of the National Democratic Congress’ communications team in the Upper East region, Mr Amos Awinzor cautioned members of his party to work actively towards retaining power in the 2016 general elections.

According to him, they should not tamper with Ghanaians as they could easily lose interest in voting for them if they act complacent.

"My message to all appointees, party executives, and whosoever has been appointed to any [position] if you don’t know what keeps you there … take Ghanaians for granted. If you joke with them, they will leave you now … if NDC loses, what I will only lose will be that I may not have been around to still help the government to build a school,” he said in an interview with Class FM.

Read the original story published by Class FM on June 20, 2016

A member of the governing National Democratic Congress’ communications team in the Upper East region has warned members of the party to stop revelling in their positions and get to work to ensure the NDC remains in power.

With political parties stepping up their campaigns ahead of the November 7 general elections, Mr Amos Awinzor said the NDC cannot entertain complacency.

Speaking to Class News, he said political appointees must get to work and stop taking the electorate for granted, adding that Ghanaians are becoming more politically discerning.

“My message to all political appointees, political party executives and whosoever has been appointed to any [position] if you don’t know what keeps you there…take Ghanaians for granted”, he stated.

“Ghanaians are so very elastic. In economics, elasticity, [for example], is [that] there are certain commodities [that] if you joke and increase the price a little, consumers will run away and leave the commodity.

That is why they say it is highly elastic. Don’t just tamper with the price, when you tamper with it, consumers will leave it. That is how Ghanaian voters are, very elastic.

If you joke with them, they will leave you now. So, for those who take that for granted… if NDC loses, what I will only lose will be that I may not have been around to still help the government to build a school,” he warned.