NPP-USA Communiqué after 2014 Congress

Under the theme “Unifying the Party, and Empowering the People to Secure

Victory”, the NPP-USA Branch overwhelmingly re-elected Nana Kwaku Agyei

Yeboah as Chairman of the branch with a new leadership team of Fred Kyei

Asamoah - Vice-Chairman, Augustine Agbenaza - General Secretary and Collins

Nuamah - Treasurer. From the informative and proactively grounded speeches

of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Hon. Kennedy Agyapong, Hon. Adwoa Safo, Hon. Hawa

Koomson, Chairman Omari Wadie, Gabby Otchere Darko and former presidential

aspirant, Arthur Kennedy, NPP-USA is well positioned to ride the highs of

this 2014 congress to victory for NPP in 2016. Amponsah Stonash said it

best that “[I]n winning election 2016, the key is Unity. Let us remain more

united than ever before and win back the confidence of our people....”

In appreciation of the highly charged congress and the unifying and

empowering spirit that the membership embraced, it is hereby resolved that:

· The NPP brand is what Ghanaians are still waiting for to move the

country to greener pastures;

· NPP-USA will continue with its vision and expand on its agenda to

secure victory through effective resourcing of its volunteers during the

campaign, elections and after the elections;

· NPP-USA will continue to expand and resource its election

monitoring teams to ensure One Member One Vote (OMOV) and protect our

democratic principles;

· Appropriate committees will be empanelled to manage the systems

put in place for Victory 2016;

· Our next flag bearer should be an individual who can unite the

Party and empower the people to vote and secure victory for the NPP in 2016;

· Selfless volunteerism should be encouraged and promoted in the NPP;

· The 2016 campaign should not be in the hands and direction of a

few, but the general grassroots participating in the process;

· We will protect the ballot from the time it is cast through its

announcement with committed, alert, and literate members;

· Our polling agents will be well trained and versatile in our

election proceedings and procedures;

· NPP-USA will have Congress every four years;

· Proper consideration will be taken to assess the viability of a

mid-term congress, to better position the party and the branch for

successful and successive election victories after 2016;

· Proper access to, and dissemination of information would be put in

place for better accountability, transparency and probity;

· All amendments to our bylaws would be incorporated and distributed

to all members;

· Proper Council of Elders will be established to advise and support

the agenda set by the National Executive Council (NEC); and

· All Chapters would be properly realigned to the agenda of the

Branch and act in accordance with vision 2016;

It is resolved that the Chairman, in consultation with his new executives

shall appoint members to the new NEC and publish said membership within the

next 21 business days. Let us all unify and empower our people to victory

in 2016 and entertain constructive criticisms while maintaining our

democratic principles “not to speak ill of a fellow NPP”. *Kukruduuuuuu!

Eshie Rado, Rado, Rado*!!!

Augustine Agbenaza

General Secretary, NPP-USA