A National Democratic Congress (NDC) activist seeking to become the First Regional Vice Chairman of the party in the Ashanti Region, Alhaji Nje Umar, has indicated that he is targeting to revitalise the branches to be battle ready for the 2024 general election.
He said the victory of the party hinges on the activeness of the branches, and the reorganisation agenda of the party must strategically focus on strengthening the branches since we stand a better chance of winning the 2024 elections.
Alhaji Umar noted that it was imperative for the party to strengthen its local structures ahead of the crucial elections because the branches were the base of the party with the mandate to protecting every single ballot at the polling station and training and resourcing them was critical to its electoral fortunes.
“I am part of a team visiting the various constituencies within the region as part of our outreach programme and I have realised some of our branches are not active and I believe urgent steps must be taken to revive them for the battle ahead and practice of sending external party members, supporters and sympathisers to support and assist the branches during elections was good but equipping the branch executives was the best due to their knowledge of the local politics.
Alhaji Umar intimated and expressed the hope of joining the leadership of the NDC in the region to prosecute that agenda.