By Philip Tengzu/Freda Mwini, GNA
Wa, (UW/R), Nov. 14, GNA – Mr Charles Lwanga Puozuing, Upper West Regional Minister, has challenged the incoming executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the region to sustain the party’s electoral gains by retaining all eleven parliamentary seats in the 2028 general election.
He said anything short of maintaining the party’s current record of winning all eleven constituencies would amount to a failure of the leadership.
Mr Puozuing, who was also the Upper West Regional Secretary of the party, threw the challenge at the opening of the NDC’s Upper West Regional Delegates Conference, held at the Wa Technical Institute in Wa at the weekend.
Voting for the regional youth and women’s wings ended at about 1000 hours, while voting for the main regional executive positions commenced at about 1300 hours and was expected to end at 1600 hours.
A total of 392 delegates were expected to vote at the conference to elect 15 Regional Executives out of 63 aspirants to steer the affairs of the party in the region for the next four years.
He urged the delegates to elect committed and capable executives who could consolidate the party’s achievements.
Mr Puozuing said the party had chalked significant electoral successes in the region, moving from six parliamentary seats to eight and eventually securing all eleven constituencies in the region.
“For those of you aspiring to lead, you don’t have any space at all to misbehave. You have to maintain the 11/11 achievement; anything less is a failure for you”, the Minister stressed.
Mr Emmanuel Zumakpeh, Administrator at the party’s head office, who attended the conference, urged the delegates and aspirants to conduct themselves peacefully and demonstrate maturity throughout the electoral process.
He said though disagreements were inevitable in political organisations and contests of that nature, the members must be prepared to resolve their differences in the collective interest of the party.
“We are here as a family, but even within families, we sometimes disagree. So we can disagree with agreeing. If we must disagree, let’s disagree, but let’s just agree at the end”, he maintained.
Mr Zumakpeh urged the aspirants to accept the outcome of the election in good faith, saying, “When you were entering this game, you knew of two certainties: one is that you may win; the other one is that you may lose. You cannot have both.”
Dr. Sebastien Sandaare, Leader of the Upper West Regional Parliamentary Caucus, also expressed optimism that the conference would produce capable leaders who would strengthen the party and position it for victory in the 2028 general election.
He said they expected that the new regional leadership would build a stronger and more attractive party capable of drawing more people into its fold.
GNA
Edited by Kenneth Odeng Adade
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