The newly-elected national chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has served notice that the new leadership of the party will “sacrifice” their lives for victory in the 2024 general elections.
Nketiah, who until this latest election had served as the general secretary of the party for the past 17 years, received 5,569 votes (65.17% of the vote), as against his main contender, the immediate past chairman of the party, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, who garnered 2,892 votes (33.81%).
“We are prepared to sacrifice everything and I mean everything including our lives to achieve victory,” Nketiah said in his victory speech. “Wherever impunity becomes law, resistance becomes a duty.”
“Looking at the array of executives elected today, I have no doubt the party wants us to carry the battle to the elephant, we cannot let the country, and we cannot let the party down,” he added.
Ghana in crisis
“We are not taking the confidence for granted, Ghana is in crisis and the NDC is also at a crossroads. What we need is unity, we pledge on behalf of myself and the new executives that in the coming days our first assignment is to work to unite the party and bring everybody on board even as we march forward to defeat the elephant and set the nation on the path of progress,” Nketiah said.
Listen to his full speech in the attached audio clip:
Full list of winners
Chairman
Johnson Asiedu Nketiah
Vice-chairpersons
Awudu Sofo Azorka
Dr Sherry Ayittey
Abanga Yakubu Alhassan
General secretary
Fifi Kwetey
Deputy general secretaries
Barbara Serwaa Asamoa
Foyo Mustapha Gbande
National organiser
Joseph Yammin
Deputy national organisers
Elikem Kotoko
Kobby Barlon
At least 9,000 delegates took part in the voting process for the tenth congress of the National Democratic Congress, which ended Sunday dawn. Sixty-three candidates vied for various national positions within the NDC.
The NDC lost the last two general elections – 2016 and 2020 – at the presidential level and will be hoping to stage a comeback in 2024.
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