<<Print>>

As we enter 2014 I wish to greet all members and supporters of the New Patriotic Party. I congratulate you all on the mature way that you have handled the internal competition we have had so far. Competition will always stir passion, so it is no surprise that some places should have reached boiling point. But we should look at our achievements. We have elected almost 130,000 polling station executives across the country. We have also successfully elected executives for over 90% of the 275 constituencies. This would be a high pass mark in any examination. So I say Ayekoo. Once more we have demonstrated that our internal democracy works well. This follows on the great successes we had with our Presidential and Parliamentary primaries of 2010 and 2011. We should take encouragement from what we do well, to do even better. Now that almost all constituency executives are in place we have our electoral college for the Regional and National Executives elections. So this is the time for me to announce formally that I will be seeking to be re-elected as your National Chairman. I believe we did well in 2012 but we need to do better in 2016 and to do that we need to build on the experience and learnings we have gained. That is why I am offering myself with my experience and learnings of especially the last election, for re-election and for �Victory 2016�. Finally I wish you a healthy and more prosperous New Year. God bless us all. Jake Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey (National Chairman)