Prince Adjei, Aide to Kennedy Ohene Agyapong
A member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Prince Adjei, has called on all candidates vying for the party’s flagbearership position to shift their focus away from emphasizing personal sacrifices and instead concentrate on delivering transformative agendas and policies that would benefit the party and the nation as a whole.
In an interview with the Daily Statesman, Prince Adjei stressed that “no sacrifice is too small for 2024”, explaining that the key to success lies in presenting a vision for progress and development rather than relying solely on notions of personal sacrifice.
Prince Adjei, who is affectionately called Guy-Gee, stated that while it is honourable to acknowledge the sacrifices made in service to the party, aspirants must recognise that the electorate is looking for concrete solutions and visionary leadership.
“The NPP flagbearer race, which is scheduled to take place in November 2023, has brought a heated debate on who should be the flagbearer for the party in the contest ahead. Unlike the 2008 presidential primaries that saw 17 contestants of which two out of the seventeen came to the spotlight with convincing campaign messages such as “cash for the people, jobs for the people” from Hon. Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen and “I Believe in You” from the sitting President who was then a flagbearer hopeful, this time, the party is seeing 10 aspirants, with three of them in the persons of Hon. Ken Ohene Agyapong, the sitting Vice-President coupled with Hon. Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen on the limelight and campaigning on issues of who has sacrificed for the party the most,” he stated.
Campaign messages
Prince Adjei believes that campaign messages should be centred on actionable plans and policies that will propel the NPP forward and bring prosperity to all Ghanaians.
Citing the 2012 elections , he indicated that “there are many party faithful who have sacrificed for the party in no small measure and in ways that we cannot put value on”.
“Some lost their lives in that particular election and others had their lives and businesses endangered. What about them? Some have sponsored this party with their money and life. I am not saying none of the aspirants has contributed to the growth of the party. The truth is that each of the aspirant has done his bit to help, and that must be appreciated by rank and file party people, particularly the fanatic communicators,” he stressed.
He said some of the aspirants had suffered very much in building the party right from the scratch. For example, he said, the former Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen, if for nothing at all, was leading a financial mobilisation drive from 1993 to help solicit funds for the party.
“Under the Young Executive Forum (YEF), he played a pivotal role in ensuring that, money and other logistical support were being mobilised for the party in the early stages of its formation,” he added.
Another personality in the race, he mentioned, is the Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong. Prince Adjei claimed that Mr Agyapong had suffered the most vitriolic attacks and torture from the hands of the opposition NDC.
“When the party was in opposition, there were deliberate and conscious efforts by the powers that be to collapse his businesses. Almost all the contracts he won on competitive tender during the Kufour’s administration, were abrogated by the NDC government and re-awarded to different contractors. Hon. Ken fully financed NPP’s 2014 congress in Tamale,” he indicated.
Prince Adjei further urged the presidential hopefuls to focus on practical strategies and policies that will address the nation’s challenges and resonate strongly within the NPP ranks to delivering a third consecutive victory for party in the 2024 elections.
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