The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey has intimated that, the NDC delegates elected leaders they can trust to win the 2024 general election for the party.
The former Deputy Minister of Finance said it was the desire of the rank and file of the party for the NDC to return to power hence the decision by the delegates to go in for new leadership to bring that desire into fruition.
“The party had reached a point where a certain kind of leadership was required. Leadership that will be completely uncompromising. A leadership that will be trustworthy. A leadership that is determined and has fire in its belly to ensure that the NDC return to government,” Mr Kwetey stated.
That, he said, happened at the Accra Sports Stadium, the venue for the 10th National Delegates Congress of the party last Saturday, where the delegates voted to elect new leaders to prosecute the agenda of returning the party back to power.
Touching on the need for party unity in winning the upcoming general elections, the General Secretary said he is willing to work with other contenders.
He said he conducted a clean campaign based on issues that were already in the public domain and not personality attacks.
He, therefore, said it would not be difficult to bring them on board.
Mr Kwetey said his two contenders in the race for the General Secretary position, Dr Peter Boamah Otokunor and Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, had called to congratulate him while he had also assured them of his willingness to bring them on board to prosecute the winning agenda.
“They quickly reached out to me and I have reciprocated the gesture. We promised one another that we will place the party’s interest above any other interest,” he stated.
He said even though he had not been involved in the day-to-day affairs of the party since 2009, what accounted for his victory at the congress was about his message to offer selfless, focused and committed leadership to place the interest of the party and that of the country above others.
That, he said, resonated with them to give him their mandate to serve as the general secretary.
Source: theGhanaianvoice.com