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About 60,000 facebook users in Ghana have now become members of the fan page of a leading presidential aspirant of the Convention People�s Party, Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom. The spokesperson of the Youth for Nduom 2012, Mr Divine Nkrumah, who made this known to the media in Tamale, said a large number of them were youth. He said many young people had bought Dr Nduom�s message and were prepared to vote for the CPP if Dr Nduom is elected for the second time as the party�s flagbearer for the 2012 elections. Mr Nkrumah noted that the fan page was started in April this year, and that it was a significant achievement for Dr Ndoum to get about 60,000 members in such a short time. Mr Nkrumah, who was in Tamale to meet with some of these facebook fans of Dr Ndoum, said the Youth for Ndoum 2012 had embarked on a national tour to interact with all young admirers of Dr Ndoum. He also said a number of these young people had actually expressed interest in volunteering their time and efforts to support Dr Ndoum�s presidential bid. �Since we came to Tamale, we have met many of these volunteers and many of them are students of some tertiary institutions including the Tamale Polytechnic and the University for Development Studies (UDS),� he mentioned. Mr Nkrumah further pointed out that Dr Ndoum was counting on the prospect of convincing first-time voters, particularly the youth, to give their nod to the CPP during the 2012 elections. He said so far, Dr Ndoum had made the youth the centre of his campaign and this is part of efforts to revive the CPP and erase the negative perception that the CPP is for the elderly population. Although the CPP is yet to set a date for its congress to elect the party�s flagbearer, Mr Nkrumah said Dr Ndoum was the candidate who would emerge as the party�s flagbearer for 2012. �All indications point to the fact that Dr Ndoum is the right man for the CPP and would, therefore, be given the nod during congress,� he said.