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General News of Monday, July 15, 2019
Source: citinewsroom.com
2019-07-15
Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, National President of the NDC
NDC President Samuel Ofosu Ampofo strongly defended his comment "No contribution, no hashing".
The NDC national president was recently criticized for making this comment, which many have since described as an indication that the party intended to limit development projects to party members.
But, reacting to these claims, Ampofo revealed that his comment was taken out of context.
Sitting to the press on Monday, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo said his comment was intended to encourage party members to contribute cash or in kind to the NDC's 2020 campaign.
"People contribute – and the contribution is not limited to money, they kill themselves. During the registration exercise that just ended, I followed up and saw constituency leaders who slept during registration for 20 days. Such people, when the party is in power, we will not forget their contribution. So when we say "no contributions, no hash", we say there is a pot of money somewhere that says that when we win the elections, we are going to waste [the state’s money]and I do not fear this comment, "he said.
Last month, the NDC's national president, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, accused supporters of not delaying their contributions in order to bring back the largest party of the opposition.
Once in power, the party will reward their efforts on the basis of "no contribution, no chop".
The NDC elected John Dramani Mahama as the standard bearer before the 2020 general election.
The former president has become the presidential candidate of the CND after defeating six other candidates.
Mahama received 213,487 votes, or 95.23% of the total votes cast.
The other competitors – Prof. Joshua Alabi, Alban Bagbin, Goosie Tanoh, Dr. Ekwow Spio Garbrah, Sylvester Mensah and Nurudeen Iddrisu received 5% of the combined votes.
The ruling party, the new Patriotic Party (NPP), won the 2016 elections with an overwhelming margin: 53% of the total votes cast, while the NDC could only manage 44.4%.
Mahama's defeat in 2016 remains the worst electoral defeat ever suffered by the outgoing president of the fourth republic of Ghana.
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