NPP launches campaign in Greater Accra

The Greater Accra branch of the News Patriotic Party (NPP) has launched its electioneering campaign code named "operation 2000 grass root elephant walk", at the Teachers' Hall in Accra.

The meeting brought together all parliamentary candidates and chairmen from the 22 constituencies. In his opening address, Nii Ayite Boafo, Greater Accra regional secretary, charged members not to allowed complacency to erode the gains the achieved since the 1996 elections but rather work hard to sustain it to win political power in the December election. "The battle ahead of us is not going to be easy. Power is not handed over on a silver platter, we have to work for it, " he exhorted. He urged the candidates to share ideas and resources to cut down on cost, but ensure that their messages reach a wide range of the voter population.

Nii Boafo, who is also head of the region's campaign team, promised to forward to the National Executive Committee, recommendations and ideas put across during the meeting and make sure that they are accorded urgent attention.

Mr George Isaac Amen, a resource person, who took the candidates through various training programmes, advised them to select committed, dedicated and literate party agents to man the polling station to avoid cheating.