Brong Ahafo Regional Executives of New Patriotic Party (NPP) declare their support for Freddie Blay’s bid to become substantive National Chairman.

At a meeting Thursday, 25 executives of the party explained that the Acting Chair is a party stalwart who has proven his love, commitment and dedication to the course of the governing party, so supporting him is worthy.

“He is a leader and a unifier. He stepped up to take the mantle of leadership for our party at a time when there was chaos and confusion,” they added in a statement issued after the meeting.

According to them, Mr Blay “collaborated efforts helped restore peace and sanity which were two vital factors that eventually enabled us to organize ourselves and prepare for the historic 2016 elections which we won by a landslide.”

Already, the NPP Chairmen in the Northern, Upper East and West Regions declared their support for the former First Deputy Speaker of Parliament.

Mr Blay assumed the chairmanship of the NPP in 2015 after Paul Afoko was suspended over accusations of insubordination and alleged involvement with then governing National Democratic Congress (NDC).

For his efforts in delivering victory for the 2016 election, the Brong Ahafo executives said they “admire his sheer endurance, toughness, perseverance and ability to get over the top of issues.”

Obviously impressed with his track record, the executives said they are “convinced that he has a lot more positives to offer to the political fortunes of our dear NPP in subsequent years.”

Below is their statement

Brong Ahafo NPP regional Executives declare support for Freddy Blay

Good morning to you all. We are grateful to you for making time to be with us. This will be a brief but monumental exercise.

The New Patriotic Party is a political tradition that has always believed that the strong political structures of today must be built on the solid foundations we must have laid yesterday.

The NPP is fervently preparing itself to hold its Annual Delegates Conference in Koforidua next month. A critical component of that event will be the election of hardworking, resourceful, dedicated and visionary officers to steer the affairs of the party for the next four years. A lot of capable and suitably qualified party members have offered themselves to be voted for to serve in various capacities.

These men and women have since paid visits to regions and constituencies across the length and breadth of the country seeking the support of delegates.

We, the elected Executives of the New Patriotic Party in our Brong Ahafo Region, wish to announce that we are unanimously declaring our support for our current Acting National Chairman Mr Freddy Blay.

Ladies and gentlemen, Mr Freddy Blay is a party stalwart who has demonstrably proven his love, commitment and dedication to the course of the NPP. He is a leader and a unifier. He stepped up to take the mantle of leadership for our party at a time when there was chaos and confusion. His collaborated efforts helped restore peace and sanity which were two vital factors that eventually enabled us to organize ourselves and prepare for the historic 2016 elections which we won by a landslide.

In politics, no one changes a winning team and by this, I am referring to Mr Freddy Blay’s role in the 2016 elections among other impressive achievements. We admire his sheer endurance, toughness, perseverance and ability to get over the top of issues. This is the track record of Mr Freddy Blay and we are convinced that he has a lot more positives to offer to the political fortunes of our dear NPP in subsequent years.

Mr Freddy Blay’s campaign message of re-energizing the entire NPP, running an efficient and well-resourced party machinery from the National down to our polling stations, ensuring that party structures and organs are effectively managed, resonates well with us.

We wish to announce officially that after receiving, listening to and questioning Mr Freddy Blay, we are convinced that he is the best man to steer the affairs of the New Patriotic Party and we wish to endorse his candidature and declare our total and unflinching support for him in the upcoming annual delegate’s conference.

We wish all the other candidates well.

Thank you for your time and attention. God Bless Ghana.

God bless our NPP.

God bless us all.

Regional Secretary

Kofi Boateng