NPP WILL WIN 201 ELECTION — ENGMEN (PAGE 17, MARCH 9, 2010)

The Upper West Regional Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Stephen Engmen, has said the party will bounce back to power in the next general election in 2012.
This, according to him, was due to the inability of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) to fulfil its campaign promises, resulting in total disappointment among Ghanaians.
Mr Engmen, who was speaking during the handover ceremony of the TESCON branch of the Wa campus of the University for Development Studies at the weekend, said “supporters of the party must start mobilising and working towards this victory which will not come on a silver platter”.
The new executive has Mr Sumaila Nambe as President; Clara Tia, Vice-President; Yussif Salia, Secretary and Mohammed Mariwan, Vice Secretary.
The rest are Daniel Adamu, Organiser; Adamu Rasak, Financial Secretary, Bawa Awal, Treasurer, and Farusa Iddi as Women Commissioner.
Mr Engmen said the NPP was stronger than the NDC and that the party would have won the 2008 elections, but for certain mistakes on its part.
“They have so far failed woefully and must, therefore, not be given the opportunity to rule Ghana again,” he told the TESCON members amid wild applause.
Touching on the flagbearership, Mr Engmen, who is also a lecturer at the Wa campus of the UDS, called on members of TESCON to look for a person who was politically convenient and capable of winning the election in 2012.
He advised TESCON members to be worthy ambassadors of the party by explaining the party’s programmes to the electorate wherever they found themselves and also form a strong partnership with the various constituencies in the country.
The Regional Youth Organiser of the NPP, Mr Mustapha Goveir, gave the assurance that TESCON would be resourced to play its expected role towards the next general election.
The outgoing President of the Wa campus branch of TESCON, Mr Mohammed Hakam, charged the new executive to embark on a membership drive to make the party a strong one on campus.
For his part, the incoming President, Mr Sumaila Nambe, pledged to work hard to uplift the party among the student body.