Former Vice-President and 2000 Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor John Evans Atta Mills on Friday extended an olive branch to members and supporters who have left the party to rejoin and commonly forge ahead with its plans in unity.
Prof. Mills, who was addressing a durbar organised in his honour by the Cape Coast constituency branch of the party, at Cape Coast, told the teeming crowd of members and supporters that the party's doors remains open for them. The durbar was to formally welcome him back from Canada.
Earlier, members and supporters of the party, spotting T-shirts and waving buntings in the party's colours, had lined the streets from the Holy Child school junction, amidst drumming and dancing and chanting of slogans, to escort their former flagbearer to the durbar grounds at Brofoyedur, a suburb of Cape Coast.
Prof. Mills said it is important for all members of the party to remain united and work hard to enable it regain power in the next elections, adding that the party is committed to the welfare of the people and is determined to win back power to continue with its developmental programmes. He said "The NDC has the experience in good governance and will be able to move the country forward."
He said it is therefore imperative that members of the party should close their ranks, stressing that unity in the party is important to ensure the achievements of its objectives. He suggested that the party should start its campaign for re-election, instead of waiting until the election year.
