The governing New Patriotic Party has scheduled the remaining days in the month of September for mass membership registration and updating of existing names in its polling station registers. This will see the party undertake a nationwide exercise of compiling a register of all members of the party as well as persons wishing to be members.
Addressing a press conference in Accra on Friday, the party’s General Secretary, John Boadu, said, “when you write your name, you will become an ambassador of the party, living and breathing the best of the NPP.”
“You will share with your family, neighbour, friend and co-worker what you see, feel and hear about the things the NPP is doing. You will talk about the new road in your area, your child in SHS, your nephew employed as a nurse, your uncle selling his produce to the new 1D1F factory in your village.
“You will share your experiences from enjoying regular electricity, the easy renewal of your NHIS card and driving licence. You will talk about your new job with the Ambulance Service and how the digital address system makes it easy to help people. You will project the NPP everywhere you go. Then you will feel the satisfaction of being part of a party that cares deeply about people,” he said.
Members of the party, at all levels, are therefore requested to update their membership by visiting their respective polling stations to get their details captured in the polling station register. “Persons wishing to join the party are equally requested to also visit their polling stations and provide their relevant details to be captured in the new polling station register,” he said.
Key party members
Mr Boadu disclosed that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will, within this 20-day mass registration period, visit his polling station at Abuakwa South in the Eastern Region to update his membership in the new register, while Vice-President Bawumia will also go to his polling station in Walewale to do same.
“National officers of the party, Ministers of State and all government appointees who are party members will all participate in this mass registration exercise by visiting their respective polling stations to get their details captured in the new register,” he said.
National conference
The party has also set December 20 to hold its National Annual Delegates Conference. The conference would be held in Kumasi.
The party says the conference will be held in strict compliance with standard guidelines and Covid-19 health protocols.
According to the party, “with reference to Article 19 of the Party Constitution, which mandates the General Secretary of the Party to receive notice or proposals for amendments to the Party Constitution not later than two months before the National Annual Delegates Conference, the General Secretary is, through this medium, announcing that his office will be opened effective October 19, to receive proposals or motions for constitutional amendments from the members of the Party.”
Meanwhile, the party has commended its members for largely complying with the Code of Conduct issued for pre-presidential and parliamentary primaries ahead of the 2024 presidential and parliamentary primaries.
“Since the issuance of the code of conduct on 27th July, 2021, some significant sanity has been achieved in this space. We will continue to monitor the implementation of the Code of Conduct and crack the whip where need be,” the party said.
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