Elections cannot be won on WhatsApp - Ofosu-Ampofo to NDC members

National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo has said the creation of groups on social media is not a guarantee for the party to win 2020 polls.

He advised party members to desist from creating a conclave on message sharing platform, WhatsApp, and rather move to the field to work in order to disseminate information and convince the masses to vote the NDC back into power.

Meeting the people and speaking to them one on one is convincing enough than on a virtual platform.

“We must leave the Whatsapp platforms and go to the field and campaign on the ground. That is where the election will be won.” He stressed.

The National Chairman was speaking at the 27th Anniversary Lecture of the NDC centered on “Revitalizing the NDC for Victory 2020: Targeting Effective Branch Organization.”

This year’s theme, according to the opposition, is aimed at revisiting the party’s identity as a political faction, its core principles, history, rights and wrongs, to help chart a better way forward to regain power.

Ofosu-Ampofo indicated that ordinary Ghanaians like Kayayees (Porters) are the natural allies, therefore, the party must do all it can to reconnect with them.

According to him, the party must focus on citizens and let people know that what separates the NDC from the other parties is that NDC is the party which “stands for the people and development.”



The embattled Chairman added, “We have also been advised that the NDC is a people centered party. NDC says always for the people, always for development. So in all that we do, the people must take the center stage.”