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Freddie Blay, the acting National Chairman of the largest opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has indicated the 2016 campaign team is decentralized to make all the executives from the top to the last member to play a role to ensure victory.

He accentuated that the concept of the campaign team is localized to make the team act like an advisory body to the Presidential Candidate, Nana Akufo Addo on the happenings on the grounds.

The National Campaign Coordinating Committee is the main body responsible for directing the 2016 campaign of the NPP. It will be chaired by the Presidential Candidate, with the Vice Presidential Candidate as Vice Chair.

It will be composed of:

1 The Acting National Chairman

2 The ten (10) Regional Chairmen;

3 And the following persons:

a Peter Mac Manu – Campaign Manager

b Hon. Dan Botwe – Campaign Strategist

c Boakye Agyarko – Policy Adviser

d John Boadu – National Organiser and Head of Operations Directorate, assisted by Otiko Afisa Djaba (National Women’s Organiser); Sammy Awuku (National Youth Organiser); and Kamal-Deen Abdulai (National Nasara Co-ordinator)

e Ken Ofori-Atta – Director of Fundraising Committee, assisted by Kwabena Abankwa Yeboah, National Treasurer

f Victor Newman – Director of Research

g Edward Boateng – Director of Campaign Administration and Logistics

h Martin Adjei Mensah-Korsah – Director of Elections

i Joe Anokye – Technology Director

j Nana Akomea – Director of Communications

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

A Taskforce for Special Operations will be made up of Stephen Ntim, Dr. Gyiele Nurah and Stephen Yakubu.

Spokespersons for the Presidential Candidate: Mustapha Hamid, Yaw Buaben Asamoa, Olivia Quartey.

Campaign Aides to the Presidential Candidate: Musah Iddrisu Superior, Pius Hadzide, Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe, Justice Newton Offei, Fatimatu Abubakar, Na Paga Tia Sulemana

The Regional and Constituency Campaign teams will be composed as directed by the National Campaign Coordinating Committee.

Membership of the National Campaign Advisory Council, headed by former President J.A. Kufuor, will be announced shortly
The Office of the Presidential Candidate will ensure monitoring and compliance with campaign targets and objectives.

Speaking to Fiifi Boafo of Oman Fm, Hon. Freddie Blay said the NPP’s campaign team will not create parallel organization which why the campaign team includes the regional and constituency executives to be part and parcel of the driving force.

“We have decentralized out campaign team. The campaign will be in the constituencies; the concept is localized and so the team itself is like the adviser, the technical man to advise the presidential candidate. We won’t create parallel organization which is why we have not announced campaign teams in the regions and in the constituencies".

Touching on money for the campaign for the 2016 election, Acting Chairman Blay admitted there is not enough but arrangement have to be made to find money now as all the money have been flown to Dubai in the several bad deals of the government.

“The money wouldn’t as plenty as people may wish but definitely we will make sure by contributing to make the campaign successful; we will make sure that our campaign will not be flat, I am assuring you”.

“We shall make resources available to prosecute our campaign; God is with us. Our campaign message has to be strong and we will ensure that Ghanaians demand for their money which has been taken to Dubai”.

He however assured with confidence that within this year, the campaign team will hit the grounds running; with a strong feeling that Ghanaians need change because the country is sinking under President Mahama-NDC government.

“Farmers are not producing; they are crying, the cedi is diminishing and the economy is bad. So those who make legitimate change possible, make illegitimate change inevitable. As politicians, statesmen, public activists and everybody who want change, it is our duty to work hard to change this NDC government. Victory is there for us to pick,” he was hopeful.