Nduom Launches Campaign

Posted on: www.dailyguideghana.com

By William Yaw Owusu

Thursday October 20, 2011.
Although the Convention People’s Party (CPP) is yet to open the doors for nominations of presidential and parliamentary candidates for the 2012 general election, Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom, a stalwart has launched what clearly looks like his campaign to contest as the party’s flag bearer.

He however insisted that the fanfare he organized at the Ghana International Press Center, Accra yesterday was “to announce my decision to enter the contest to become the presidential candidate of the CPP for the 2012 Elections and not campaign launch.”
He said so far all CPP presidential aspirants have already started their campaigns and said he was no exception adding “we are all waiting on the Central Committee to fix the date for congress but I can tell you that the train has already left the station.”

At the Press Center, bus loads of CPP supporters including constituency, regional and national executives were there to listen to the ‘Adwumawura’ as he is affectionately called.

The programme was also carried live on both television and other radio stations.
Dr. Nduom who performed abysmally in the 2008 general elections for the CPP said he has learned from his mistakes and would work hard this time around to win the 2012 contest.
“We had a great message for change in 2008 and we still stand by our promise for change in 2012,” he told the enthusiastic crowd.

Dr. Nduom said he is committed to supporting the CPP national executives and central committee members to close the ranks of the party and forge ahead in unity saying “the future of the new CPP is bright! I can see people from all the ten regions and 230 constituencies represented here today.”

He expressed optimism about his presidential ambition and said he would surely get the nod to lead the CPP and subsequently win the 2012 general elections.

Dr. Nduom who was appointed as Minister during the Kufuor regime said he was actively involved in many institutional reforms during the time of the NPP.

“I helped to draw the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS) and negotiated for the Millennium Challenge Account. If as a minister I was able to contribute significantly, what can’t I do if I become the President of Ghana?”

He promised to embark on fundraising campaign to sponsor 50 CPP parliamentary candidates that would be endorsed by the party’s central committee for the 2012 general elections saying “in 2008 I printed the campaign posters of most CPP candidates and it was an effort to get them elected and strengthen the party.”

“It is essential that everyone understands that the CPP will show its strength not only at the presidential level but also at the parliamentary level. Strong candidates have already begun to prepare themselves for victory in all the ten regions.