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The National Youth Organiser of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Anthony Abayifaa Karbo, has given credence to his party�s declaration of the 2012 general elections as an �all die be die� affair as proclaimed by its presidential candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Speaking at a well-attended programme organised by the Students Representative Council (SRC) of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) as part of its SRC week celebration, he explained that the slogan was a call to duty for members of the party, especially the youth in whose hands the success and future of the party rested. Karbo therefore charged all NPP youth to take the wheels of the campaign before, during and after the December 2012 elections to ensure that the party captured the presidency and parliament. This, he said, was due to the fact that the party�s grassroots campaign depended mostly on the youth and that victory in any election came from the polling station level. In that regard, he noted that it would be necessary for the youth to do everything possible and campaign aggressively to protect the electoral process and ballots to ensure victory. He also reiterated his party�s commitment to make Senior High School education free within the first four years when it assumes the reins of governance, indicating that the NPP had done all the costing that would go into the funding of the free SHS education. This, according to him, was the surest way to create a modern and educated society which could compete favourably in the modern competitive global environment. The National Youth Organizer also stated that placing priority on education was one sure way of dealing with the raging unemployment situation since it was key to empowering people and creating opportunities. On employment, he indicated that when elected, the NPP would work tirelessly towards creating an environment for growth and thus urged the students to support the party since it had the vision, commitment and men to stimulate the economy and create decent jobs they could fill when they eventually finished school. On his part, the representative of the Progressive People�s Party (PPP), William Doworkpor, also indicated his party�s commitment to strive and make secondary education free. He went on to cite examples of how minor political parties in various countries across the world had managed to assume the reins of government, adding that the PPP was the David ready to defeat the two Goliaths of Ghanaian politics � the NDC and the NPP. Vice-Chairman of the Research Committee of the Convention People�s Party (CPP), Dr. Kwadwo Arthur, also touched on the performance of the erstwhile Nkrumah administration in various fields and asked the students to support the CPP to bring back the vision which saw Ghana emerge as a socio-political and industrial leader in Africa in the late 50�s and 60�s.