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Aspiring National Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Stephen Ayesu Ntim has disclosed that his efforts in the heat of the 2016 campaigns were instrumental in delivering 15 parliamentary seats for the party.

According to him, his work as a co-ordinator for settler communities in the run-up to 2016 polls, with support from Dr Gyiele Nurah and Stephen Yakubu, produced the required results.

Ntim said his failed attempt to assume the chairmanship of the party in the internal elections did not discourage him from working hard for the party. “When I lose elections, I don’t sit back, even coming at the heels of my debacle in Tamale in 2014,” he stressed.

He explained that when Nana Akufo-Addo was contesting in the primaries, he was appointed the middle belt co-ordinator, which comprises the Ashanti, Brong Ahafo and Eastern regions, saying: “I was in charge of the largest sector and we delivered not less than 94%”.

According to him, in the general campaign which delivered a landslide victory for the NPP, he was tasked to take care of settler communities where the party in the past performed abysmally in terms of voting patterns.

Ntim stated that hard work and commitment resulted in the NPP winning about 15 new seats in parliament with corresponding increase in votes for President Nana Akufo-Addo.

“I branded my own company vehicles, about four pickups, bought 50 motorbikes and 2,000 bicycles and deployed them to canvassers. I don’t blow my trumpet; I operate in a way to be effective and not to be heard,” he stressed.

He mentioned constituencies such as Krachi East, New Edubiase, Tain, Atebubu, Dormaa West and Prestea Huni Valley as a few of those seats his efforts helped in delivering for the party.