MADAM SOPHIA TO CONTEST NPP POST (PAGE 17, JAN 26, 2010)

A former Deputy Minister in former President J.A. Kufuor administration, Madam Sophia Horner-Sam, has declared her intention to seek election for the position of First Vice–Chairman at the forthcoming national delegates conference of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
She said being a woman and well-exposed in the party’s organisation, she was the best candidate for the position, “since apart from serving as a unifier, I will endeavour to bring my expertise as a very good organiser to enable us to come back to power”.
Madam Horner-Sam, who interacted with the Daily Graphic in Wa after the end of her tour to all the constituencies in the three Northern Regions, said the NPP was at a crossroads and, therefore, needed somebody with the required skills to steer the ship out of turbulent waters.
“I have gone through the mill, from constituency to regional level and, above all, as a Minister of state, and all these make me stand tall when party issues are being discussed,” she added.
According to her, when elected, she would team up with other leaders to map out strategic plans in order to ensure that the NPP won political power come 2012.
She observed that the current factionalism that threatenes to destroy the party must be quickly resolved in order to ensure a united front for the battle ahead, and to achieve that there was the need to elect somebody who was neutral and not aligned with any faction.
Madam Horner-Sam pledged to adopt the three Northern Regions when given the nod, adding “I want to be the mouthpiece of these regions, so that their voices would be heard louder at the national level”.
She called on delegates to the national conference to vote for her massively to become the first vice-chairperson of the party.
Touching on the performance of the NDC led-government, the former deputy minister said it had failed the people of Ghana as everybody was complaining of hardship.
Madam Horner-Sam served as a Deputy Western Regional Minister before being promoted to the position of a Deputy Minister for Ports, Harbours and Railways.