Mass defection hits NPP in Volta Region
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Some Youth in the Ketu North Constituency of the Volta Region who say they are members of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) have joined the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
According to them, they decide to leave the NPP to join the NDC based on the incompetence of the leadership of the Nana-Addo-Bawumia-led government.
The group made their announcement on January 11, 2024.
The youth, some of whom who say they have been executives of the ruling NPP in the region, say they could not continue supporting a failing New Patriotic Party government.
Speaking in an interview with Citi News, monitored by coverghana, a former youth organizer of the party in the area, said that the youth has vowed to support the electoral bid of the NDC and its flagbearer John Dramani Mahama.
“Already, I have declared my total support for John Mahama and the NDC. We will campaign for them, and we will make sure that we win the presidential and will form the majority in the parliamentary election. I was the polling station youth organiser, formerly polling station organiser; I was constituency youth organiser as well.”
“So I’ve served this party [NPP] for about 27 years now. Everybody knows me very well in the Volta Region here, and the leadership of the party in the region also knows me; they know how hard-working I am. This government is not ruling us well. So it is because of that I took this decision,” he said
