NDC at the crossroads, needs a formidable leader – Kojo Bonsu

Mr Kojo Bonsu, presidential candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), said his party was at a crossroads and that it needed a formidable candidate to take it to the polls. the general election of 2020..

He added that the NDC was currently facing the task of regaining its legitimate place as a winning electoral machine that had the well-being of Ghanaians at heart, otherwise it would be considered the generation that failed to succeed. reinvigorate and reinvent the country. Party.
"That's where I fit in perfectly," he said.

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S addressing the Daily Graphic in his campaign office in Osu, Accra last Friday, Bonsu said he was determined to create a major upheaval during the party's presidential primaries.

He stated that his campaign message, which was based on five pillars, had flowed well with the delegates and that it was supposed to result in votes on election day.

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Campaign tour

Mr. Bonsu's country tour has already taken him to three regions – central, eastern and western – and he is impressed by the way people have welcomed him.

"I come with hope for the party and I am confident that our delegates will vote mbadively for me," he said.

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"I do not answer anything"

Mr. Bonsu and 12 other people, including former president John Dramani Mahama; under the presidency of Mr. Bonsu as Kumasi Metropolitan Chief, aspire to hold the position of flag bearer.

Some politicians feared that the former Kumasi MCE would not participate in the presidential race as a smokescreen, obeying the orders of his former boss, but Mr Bonsu insisted that it would be wrong for anyone to think that way.

He said that he was contesting his own free will and that he wanted to see the party come back to power.

pillars

One of the pillars on which Mr. Bonsu's message is based is to make the appointment of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Heads of Government (MMDCE) a bottom-up approach. According to him, local supporters would play the biggest role in the nominations.

Win Zongos

Mr Bonsu said he was concerned about how the Zongo were gradually moving away from the NDC towards the NPP.
"It looks like the Zongos are going to the nuclear plant and we need to get them back to where they belong," he said.

Return to the roots

Explaining why the NDC lost the 2016 election, Mr. Bonsu explained that it was mainly because of the loss of party contact with the party. grbad roots.

"The party has lost contact with the people who matter most – the grbad roots of the nation. In this one inexcusable error, we selfishly broke the most critical link of what united us as a party and with that we lost everything, "he said.