Ofosu Ampofo defends his comment on "NCNC", says NDC will not abuse public funds

NDC President, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, of the opposition, strongly argued to defend his comment "No contribution, no ax."

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 became aspiring to the CND presidency 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 – earned 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.