Politics of Monday, 12 September 2016Source: Graphic.com.ghNPP targets all 47 seats in Ashanti Region - Ayisi-BoatengGeorge Ayisi BoatengThe New Patriotic Party (NPP) is targeting all 47 parliamentary seats in the Ashanti Region in the December election, a founding member of the party, Mr George Ayisi-Boateng, has vouched. The NDC has targeted to increase its grab to 10 with what it terms as an execution of appropriate mechanisms and has said it has done self-introspection which points to the fact that the target of grabbing 10 seats is achievable as part of a broad-based plan and agenda to win at least one million votes in the Ashanti Region to guarantee a second term for President John Dramani Mahama. Pundits have suggested that the NPP lost the 2012 election because it could not garner enough votes in the Ashanti Region but in an interview with the Daily Graphic in Kumasi, Mr Ayisi-Boateng said with their young, vibrant and energetic regional Chairman Wontumi [Bernard Antwi Boasiako], playing his role, “I’m sure God willing our seats will increase if we are unable to take all, our target is 47/47.”He, however, did not indicate how the party intends to perform that ‘magic’. “In 2008, a lot of odds were against us, seriously speaking, some of the decisions our government took affected the chances of the party. The building of the Jubilee House [Presidential Palace] which people thought was not a priority, then talk about the purchase of a presidential jet where people asked why that time, and that was linked to corruption, because some thought some people got some ‘cuts’ from that transaction, otherwise there was no need for the presidential jet.”

Source: GhanaWeb September 12, 2016 09:00 UTC