Broadcaster Paul Adom-Otchere has said that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) elected party radicals to the national executive positions of the party in the just-ended delegate congress.
He explained that except for the National Youth Organiser, Geroge Opare Addo, all the NDC national executives the delegates elected are radicals because they appeal to only core supporters of the party and not neutrals or moderate supporters.
“What the NDC did on Saturday is to give a clear signal one way or the other. So, what the NDC did was elect party radicals, that is what they did.
“Johnson Asiedu Nketiah (the NDC chairman) is an ultimate radical… Yamin (the National Organiser) is a very, very radical person. Fifi Kwetey is a complete radical, very clever man I have to say. Sammy Gyamfi (National Communication Officer) is a complete radical, he also appeals to the core of the NDC supporters,” he said during an editorial on his Good Evening Ghana programme on Tuesday, December 12, 2022, which was monitored by GhanaWeb.
Adom-Otchere, however, questioned whether the move by the delegates of the party to elect NDC radicals could help the party secure victory in the 2024 general elections.
According to him, whenever the NDC wins a presidential election, it has moderate NDC members in its executive body or as its presidential candidate or running mate who attract neutral voters.
He added that former President John Dramani Mahama, who is the presumptive candidate of the NDC, was previously considered a moderate NDC member but now appeals more to radical members of the party.
Watch Paul Adom Otchere’s analysis in the video below:
Johnson Asiedu Nketiah won the party’s Chairmanship race at the National Delegates Congress held at the Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday, December 12, 2022.
Asiedu Nketia garnered 5574 while his contenders Ofosu Ampofo had 2892 votes; Samuel Yaw Adusei, 52 votes and Nii Armah Ashietey, 38 votes.
Below is a list of all the national Executives of the NDC:
Asiedu Nketiah – Chairman
Awudu Sofo Azorka – First Vice Chair
Dr Sherry Ayittey – Second Vice-chair
Abanga Yakubu Alhassan – Third Vice-chair
Fifi Fiavi Kwetey – General Secretary
Deputy General Secretary
Barbara Serwaa Asamoah
Gbande Foyo Mustapha
Joseph Yamin – National Organizer
Deputy National Organisers
Kobby Barlon
Elikem Kotoko
Sammy Gyamfi – National Communication Officer
Deputy National Communications Officers
Malik Basintale
Godwin Ako Gunn
George Opare Addo – National Youth Organizer
Dr Hanna Louisa Bissiw – National Women Organizer
Mamah Mohammed Cole Younger – Zongo Caucus Coordinator
NEC Members
Wonder Victor Kutor
Araba Tagoe
Cecilia Asaga
Victoria Kuma-Mintah
Ephraim Nii Tan Sackey
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Broadcaster Paul Adom-Otchere