Aspiring General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyei Agyepong says he will offer “pragmatic and practical leadership” if elected as General Secretary of the party.

“I am equipped to provide that sort of leadership that will restore the party as a genuinely united force and ensure the campaign machinery at the grass-root level is resourced and well-oiled to prosecute an effective campaign to recapture power in 2016”, he noted.

Addressing party delegates on the first day of his tour to the Central region, Mr. Agyepong assured them of his preparedness to work closely with them.

He bemoaned the situation, where activities of the party were centralized at the Headquarters in Accra, as he promised to change the status quo.

According to the General Secretary aspirant, the time has come for the constituency officers to be equipped in order to deliver the votes for the party, come 2016.

He therefore seized the opportunity to congratulate the NPP executives in the region for a peaceful regional delegate’s congress and urged winners to be magnanimous in their victory by working closely with those defeated, adding that it is only through genuine unity that the party will be battle-ready for victory in 2016. 

Kwabena Agyapong also toured the Awutu Senya East, Gomoa East, Awutu Senya West, Gomoa West, Efutu and the Gomoa Central constituencies to meet party delegates to reinforce the need for unity in the NPP.