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The display of party logos and T-shirts of the two NPP frontrunners for the party�s flagbearer position, Nana Akuffo Addo and Alan Kyeremateng, has been banned during the party�s upcoming national congress in Kumasi on Saturday. Mr Mac Manu, the National Chairman, who announced this said the two frontrunners themselves did not want the display of such paraphernalia so it is not like the party has imposed the decision on them. �They are ready to engage in a peaceful contest which will be devoid of divisive tendencies,� he said, in an interview on Tuesday. Mr Mac-Manu advised delegates to the congress to elect executives whose deeds reflects core party aims and objectives. �Although all of them are qualified for the positions they are yearning to occupy, we need committed and hardworking executives who will be able to win back power for the party in 2012, so that the party can continue with its vision to change the livelihoods of Ghanaians for the better,� he said. Speaking to the GNA, Mr Mac-Manu said �this should be the supreme interest of every delegate who would be voting at the congress on Saturday.� He said the party had done its own critique on why it lost the 2008 election and would welcome suggestions that would help it to recapture power in 2012. According to Mr Mac-Manu,� this will be a novelty conference since the party has expanded its electoral college to about 4,000 delegates but we do not feel challenged in holding peaceful election since we are the pacesetters.� Mr Mac-Manu described the late B.J. da Rocha, former first National Chairman of the NPP, as a father who contributed significantly towards the formation of the party. The NPP is scheduled to hold its National Delegates Congress at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi this weekend. About 4,500 delegates across the country are expected to arrive in the city to participate in the two-day congress, which will elect national officers to steer the affairs of the party for the next four years. About 34 candidates have so far filed their nominations to contest eight positions at the congress. The positions include the Chairman, First and Second Vice Chairmen, General Secretary, Organiser, Youth Organiser, Women�s Organiser and Treasurer. Among the various personalities contesting for the positions are the former Minister of Tourism, Mr Jake Otanka Obetsebi Lamptey, a former first National Vice Chairman, Mr Stephen Ntim, Dr Charles Wereko-Brobbey, a former presidential candidate of the defunct United Ghana Movement (UGM) and former Chief Executive Officer of Ghana@50 Secretariat, Mr Felix Owusu Adjepong, Majority Leader and Mr Sammy Crabbe, former Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the party. The General Secretary position is being contested for by a Kumasi-based legal practitioner, Mr Owusu Afriyie, popularly known as Sir John; Mr Yaw Buabeng, a former aide to the former Vice President, Alhaji Aliu Mahama; former Member of Parliament for Berekum, Captain (rtd) Nkrabeah Effa Dartey; Mr Obeng Busia and the incumbent general secretary, Nana Ohene Ntow.