Obaa Yaa Amponsah spells out her vision as she vies for chairmanship of NPP-USA

Obaa Yaa Amponsah Frimpong has declared her intention of becoming the chairperson for the USA branch of the New Patriotic Party as she joins the chairmanship race.

The election which is scheduled for March 15th to March 17th, 2018 will see many also contesting for other positions.

If successfully elected as the Chairperson of the NPP-USA, Obaa Yaa who is also a founding member of NPP-Colorado, says she will uphold the laws of the NPP and ensure her administration is run on principles and the Constitution of the party.

In her declaration statement, she said, “My priority among other things is to vigorously address issues that confronts us as a party and as diasporans through collaboration with our mother party in Ghana and government. I ask with the Spirit of humility to the membership of our great tradition and Branch to stand with me in expanding our collective potential.”

Below is the full statement

NPP-USA INC. 2018 BRANCH ELECTION

MY VISION STATEMENT

VOTE

OBAA YAA AMPONSAH FRIMPONG

AS NPP-USA BRANCH CHAIRPERSON

THEME: EXPANDING OUR COLLECTIVE POTENTIAL

Fellow Patriots,

“The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself that’s always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity.” Jimmy Carter:

On this note, I present myself to you as a candidate for the Chairperson position of NPP-USA Branch in our upcoming 2018 Branch election slated for March 15th through to March 17th, 2018. As a candidate, I stand to implement a viable visionary plan that would guide and direct NPP-USA to lead our Branch effectively and efficiently in accordance with our branch bylaws, the constitution of our party backed by good governance principles once elected into the position of Branch Chairperson.

My priority among other things is to vigorously address issues that confronts us as a party and as diasporans through collaboration with our mother party in Ghana and government. I ask with the Spirit of humility to the membership of our great tradition and Branch to stand with me in expanding our collective potential.

I stand on my record as a Founding member of NPP-Colorado Chapter and a team member and part of the leadership of NPP-USA over the years that endured opposition for 8 years, and did not fret, but worked hard, sacrificed, devised and executed a strategic plan that supported the drive for a successful victory of our party.

We still have so much more work ahead as a Branch to help shape policies of our government that will help sustain the victory we have attained for years to come and our contribution as diasporans to the development of Ghana.

The tasks ahead require inclusiveness, a sturdy hand, competence, hard work, result-oriented and a people centered leader to take the NPP-USA branch to the next level of expanding our collective potential.

I am a servant leader and with humility, I submit myself and ask for your vote as your next Branch Chairperson and together usher in a new dawn of leadership approach that will take our Branch to greater heights.

Thank you



VISION FOR MY ASPIRED POSITION TO BECOME A SERVANT LEADER

THE SERVANT AS LEADER

Robert K. Greenleaf in The Servant as Leader, said:

“The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply different from one who is leader first, perhaps because of the need to assuage an unusual power drive or to acquire material possessions…The leader-first and the servant-first are two extreme types. Between them there are shadings and blends that are part of the infinite variety of human nature.

A servant-leader focuses primarily on the growth and well-being of people and the communities to which they belong. While traditional leadership generally involves the accumulation and exercise of power by one at the “top of the pyramid,” servant leadership is different. The servant-leader shares power, puts the needs of others first and helps people develop and perform as highly as possible”.

In light of the above quote, I aspire to become part of you, work with you and serve with you:

THEME: EXPANDING OUR COLLECTIVE POTENTIAL

EXPAND OUR BASE

• Solidify and strengthen the existing chapters of NPP- USA to make them more functional and dynamic

• Seek new frontiers to expand the branch in States that the party has no presence.

• Engage founders of the Chapters and Branch who have not been involved in the activities of the party to reinvigorate our Branch

• Institute an award’s program as a branch to honour hardworking members and founding members of our branch

• Schedule periodic executive visits to most of the chapters to support and encouraged their efforts.

• Encourage Branch conference calls to brainstorm with membership to develop strategic plans, improve and maintain best practices.

• Investigate the possibility of setting up a fully functional secretariat for the branch.

• Build a better database system that will support activities of the branch and chapters

• Develop an electronic system of membership enrolment and dues payment seamless and less complicated.

• Explore and move to establish life insurance or welfare fund possibilities for patriots in the diaspora.

• Coordinate and Collaborate with our sister party in United States through information sharing, strategies and resource allocation to the benefit of our National Party

• Create an integrated dashboard where activities of all chapters can be monitored through the dashboard system so that we can respond quickly to chapters that are struggling.

STRENGHEN THE EXISTING PARTY STRUCTURES

• Expand the existing branch executive committee

• Strengthen branch advisory board to be more effective and functional

• Create a council of founders and patrons to be the backbone of the branch

• Ensure that the branch executive committee and Chapter Chairs meeting is made permanent

• Strengthen a formal channel of communication between the branch wings and departments with the chapter wings and department

STRENGHEN OUR FINANCIAL BACKBONE

• Maintain a sustainable source of income for the branch without solely relying on dues payment of members to run the Branch.

• Restructure our existing dues payment system to make it more easy and efficient system of collecting members’ dues

• Strengthen our bylaws to address deficiencies in Chapter obligations to maintain and sustain the minimum good standing members or risk losing their chapter status.

• Revive the 2 by 1 contribution system that was used in times past but has been abandoned

• Start the process of designing and selling party materials to raise funds for the party

• Activate the membership level structure in our bylaws as a tool to raise funds for the party

• Explore business and Investment avenues that the branch can engage in to raise funds under our IRS tax requirement.

ESTABLISH EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION POWERHOUSE

Have a comprehensive communication plan that will guide all aspect of the party’s communication and PR activities.

Internal Communication:

• Expand the use of our united patriots group, Facebook, WhatsApp, website and other social media tools own by the branch to propagate information to members. This will ensure effective dissemination of information across chapters in a more efficient manner and to get members more connected and more engaged in the activities of the branch.

• Explore the possibility of establishing our own NPP-USA Radio

External Communication:

• Have better relationship with media houses both in the USA and outside USA.

• Continue to effectively patronize political radio shows and analysis.

• To make ourselves easily assessible to media houses on issues of National importance always.

Robust Communication Team:

• Explore ways to leverage IT in communication and PR work enhancement.

• Have an effective communication team that is well trained, equipped and resourced to efficiently take our communication and PR work to the next level.

• Explore ways to connect our communication team to attend communication training with our sister parties within the US and outside when they do such trainings.

• Use communication to rebrand the branch

• Have a vibrant research team backing our communication directorate.

• Create a research repository bank to back our communication team

STRENGHEN THE WOMEN’S, YOUTH AND NASARA WINGS

• Form the youth Advisory Board to get more younger members engaged and active in the Busia/Dombo Tradition

• Activate the women’s Advisory Board to get more women involved in collaboration with our Women’s Wing in Ghana and the Minister for Gender and Women Affairs

• Establish Nasara Advisory Board to brainstorm ideas on how to grow our numbers across our chapters.

• Provide collaborative opportunities for our Youth, Women’s and Nasara wings with our National Party and our sister affiliates in US and Abroad

• Resourced these three important wings of the party for growth and effectiveness

• Explore avenues to get them involve in leadership trainings and seminars exercises for the benefit of the party and their self development.

LEAD THE CHARGE ON DIASPORAN RELATED ISSUES

• Maintain NPP-USA leadership in all Diasporan related issues

• Reposition NPP-USA to be at the forefront in fighting for full citizen rights for dual citizens by the removal of the exclusionary rules in Article 94(2)(a) of the 1992 Ghana Constitution.

• Ensure smooth implementation of ROPAA come 2020.

• Push for electronic land administration and acquisition reforms

• Push for diasporan participation and stakeholder involvement on matters of port services.

• Vociferously contribute on matters of corruption which affect our nations development and provide effective solutions to uproot this social canker

Vote

Obaa Yaa Frimpong

as your next NPP-USA Chairperson

tonyyaa@hotmail.com