The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has inaugurated campaign sector committees of the party.

The committees have been tasked with the formulation of the policies and programmes the party will be presenting in the campaign to the Ghanaian electorate ahead of the conduct of this year’s polls.

The committees were launched at a ceremony at the Nima residence of the NPP flagbearer, Tuesday.

It was attended by party executives, members of the National Campaign Coordinating Committee attending and some leading members of the party.

The 19 sector committees, comprising a total of some 150 members, are also to articulate the party’s messages in their respective areas, defend the party’s messages and contribute to the making of the party’s manifesto.

Addressing the members of the committees, Nana Akufo-Addo noted that the party was undertaking the final processes of its preparations for election 2016, having completed 273 out of 275 parliamentary primaries, and inaugurated all regional campaign teams and a majority of constituency campaign teams.

The inauguration of the sector committees represented one of the final steps towards positioning the party for the battle ahead to wrestle political power from the incompetent Mahama government, and return the country back onto the path of progress and prosperity.

The newly inaugurated campaign committees are in the following sectors: Economy; Trade and Industry; Agriculture; Employment; Energy; Roads and Highways; Infrastructure; Natural Resources; Education; Health; Science, Technology, Innovation and Environment; and Local Government. The rest are Foreign Affairs; Governance; Public Accountability; Security; Gender, Disabilities and Children; Tourism, Chieftaincy and Creative Arts; and Youth and Sports.  

These committees, Nana Akufo-Addo added, will help formulate policies that, God-willing from January 2017, will be implemented by a competent team so that the Ghanaian people will gain relief from the hardships and suffering they are currently facing under the incompetent Mahama government.

‘”The difficulties facing our people are there for all to see and feel. As a result, Ghanaians are calling for the return of the NPP. We must answer the call. We need to show the Ghanaian people that we are, indeed, ready, willing and able to transform the fortunes of our country. I need your active support to reach this goal, for which I was elected by an overwhelming majority of the grassroots of the party,” he said.

On the discordant voices within the membership of the NPP, who have made it a point of expressing all kinds of negative views, largely about him, Nana Akufo-Addo stated that “I’m not disturbed, because I understand that this is the price of leadership.

“All members of our party have a role to play in the party’s victory, and I am calling on all members to work hard towards our victory. I welcome everyone’s contribution. I have always stood and will always stand for the collective,” he said.

Below are the chairpersons of the various committees, who will act as their spokespersons:

SECTOR COMMITTEES

 

 

SECTOR COMMITTEES

 

1. Dr. MahamuduBawumia                                                      Economy

2. Mr. Alan Kyerematen                                                         Trade/Industry

3. Hon. Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto                                               Agriculture

4. Hon. Stephen Asamoah Boateng                                          Employment

5. Mr. Boakye Agyarko                                                            Energy

6. Hon. Kwabena Owusu Aduomi                                               Roads/Highways

7. Hon. Joe Ghartey                                                                Infrastructure (Communications, Maritime

and Railways, Water & Housing)

8. Hon. Christine Churcher                                                        Natural Resources

9. Dr. Daniel Anleu-MwineBagah                                                Education

10. Hon. Dr. Matthew OpokuPrempeh                                          Health

11. Prof. KwabenaFrimpong-Boateng                                           Science, Technology,Innovation & Environment

12. Hon. HajiaAlimaMahama                                                        Local Government

13. Hon. Isaac Osei                                                                   Foreign Affairs

14. Mr. J. AyikoiOtoo                                                                 Governance

15. Hon. KwakuAgyemang Manu                                                 Public Accountability 

16. Hon. Dominic Nitiwul                                                             Security

17. Hon. Ursula OwusuEkuful                                                      Gender, Disabilities and Children

18. Hon. Kofi Dzamesi                                                                Tourism, Chieftaincy and Creative Arts

19. Hon. Isaac Asiamah                                                               Youth and Sports