WA TEIN URGES UNITY IN NDC (PAGE 12, NOV 27, 2010)

THE Wa campus of the University for Development Studies (UDS) branch of the Tertiary Educational Institutional Network (TEIN) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has observed that nobody can win on the ticket of the party in the 2012 elections without campaigning for the legacy of the present government.
It has therefore appealed to well–meaning supporters of the party to rally behind President J E. A. Mills to deliver.
“We bear no grudge with anyone for expressing his or her candid opinion but we believe that it would be better made within rather than making it public,” it said.
In a statement signed by its President, Mr Mohammed Ilyassu, the Wa campus TEIN appealed to the party leadership to take on board the genuine concerns by supporters of the party “after all we are all seeking to build a strong united party for 2012”.
Mr Ilyassu urged all so called factions within the party to be strategic rather than creating leverage for the opposition to hype on.
“TEIN - Wa campus also wants to appeal to all the youth groups within the party to refrain from tendencies that sought to threaten the party’s unity. We do same to all appointees to have a listening ear to concerns of party youth groups to arrest the agitation,” he added.
He pledged the unflinching support of Wa campus TEIN to the president, the government and the party leadership since they had confidence in the President to deliver on the “Better Ghana agenda”.
According to Mr Ilyassu, the Wa campus recently received an invitation extended to the various campus branches of TEIN via text messages to attend a workshop organised by the Greater Accra branch of the association.
He said in an attempt to solidarise with them, he did not conduct any thorough check before taking off to represent the Wa campus only to realise that he had been misled.
He, therefore, stated without any equivocation that “we do not support what is happening currently and we condemn in no uncertain terms what happened on that day and wish to apologise to the leadership of our party for having participated in that workshop”.
Mr Ilyassu condemned those who were trying to instigate the youth against the President and his government.