NDC to recapture power in 2004

Enoch Teye Mensah, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo-Prampram, said on Thursday that the National Democratic Congress would recapture political power in the 2004 general election.

He said the party was still alive "even more than it was three months before the elections last year".

Mensah, who is the National Youth Organiser of the party, said these when he addressed a youth forum, which was attended by representatives from the 19 constituencies in the Volta Region.

He told the supporters that the realities of life have dawned on the electorate and with the current re-organisation of the party’s structures, a vibrant youth and women's wing would emerge to carry out its propaganda work.

He said the party believed in grassroots politics and advised the youth to work hard to win the 2004 elections.

Steve Akorli, MP for Ho-East, asked the youth to be courageous and ready to take over the leadership of the party in future.

He advised them not to give up hope despite the harassment some party members and supporters were facing because the government was failing to fulfil the numerous promises it made to Ghanaians during the electioneering campaign.

Elvis Afriyie Ankra, Spokesperson of the Youth Forum, said the party was still on the ground and was growing from strength to strength despite efforts by the government to tarnish the image of the party.

He said the party stood for truth and honesty and, therefore, urged them not to be afraid in criticising government policies because "we shall surely win again".