The Upper East Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Lawyer Anthony Anamoo has said, it will be gross irresponsibility to want to run away when he had set an aim and couldn’t achieve it. Apexnewsgh.com reports
The Regional Chairman in an Exclusive interview told Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen of Apexnews Gh that even though he still has a lot of time left for his tenure in office to come to an end and is not time for campaigns, he believes it will be a gross irresponsibility to want to run away when his aim as a leader wasn’t met in 2020 election.
Lawyer Anamoo’s response came after Apexnews Gh asked whether he will be contesting the regional chairmanship position in the next regional executive internal elections which are scheduled to take effect next year 2022. this was his response, even though he was not specific by giving a direct answer to the question, but your guess is as good as NABCO initiative.
“Well, you know i still have more than 8 to 9 months to go and am still on the sit and you know, you don’t start campaigning when you still have a lot of work to do. We haven’t even started the polling station election. The polling we be elected, when they are elected, they will also elect the constituency and the constituency will come and elect us. So, we still have a long way to go and this is not the time to start campaigning. But of course, we set out to achieve an aim and if you didn’t achieve it, you can’t run away just like that. It will be gross irresponsibility to want to run away, when you still have to do your best. This kind of statement that we have 3 seats and we lost it, all is on my doorstep, of course, I was the chairman at a time and this is a region that is difficult for us”. He said
Chairman Anamoo also revealed that in 2019, the party consulted researchers and lecturers from various institutions across the country to assist the party by way of identifying candidates and constituencies that will secure victory for the New Patriotic Party in the 2020 general elections and some party members decided to do otherwise, which he cannot prevent them as a party chairman. He sighted Navrongo and Temapne as an example.
“Look at Navrongo, we had done some research and recommended the Late Kofi Adda to go unopposed now for other reasons somebody decides to contest him. Can you prevent the person from contesting? And the person contested and won but general election, it was a calamity. Can you blame us? Our research was composed of lecturers and those who matter. I did my best to save the situation. Look at Navrongo, 2 ministers, as for board member from there, Director General of Harbor is from Navrongo as for Board Members we can count up to 10. If you go Tampane, we have the Chief Executive of Zongo Development Fund, Ghana Ambassador to the Vatican, we have Deputy YEA Chief Executive, Deputy Chief Executive NDA, we have the candidate himself who was the Deputy Attorney General and the District Chief Executive (DCE) and we as Regional Executives even mobilized money and gave to them. So, if the seat is lost, will it be fair you put out the blame at the doorstep of the region. So, I keep on saying that sometimes, something happens which is not too good but then it enables you to do something better next time”. He pointed to Apexnews Gh.
