The former Deputy Upper East Regional Minister, Mrs Agnes Asangalisa Chigabatia, on Monday announced her intention to run for the Regional Chairmanship position of the New Patriotic Party. Her announcement at the Upper East constituency party executives meeting makes her the only female contestant so far among eight male counterparts vying for the position. Mrs Chigabatia, who is the immediate past Member of Parliament for the Builsa South Constituency, attributed the NPP's defeat in the 2008 elections to disunity, which came because of greed, selfish interests, bickering and self-centeredness on the part of some party members. She said the divisive tendencies in the party have grown so high that it needed somebody, who is committed and has the clout to close the rank and file of the party. She said NPP needed a person with the ability to reconcile, mobilize support through persuasion and with patience to tolerate all views irrespective of where they were directed at. Mrs Chigabatia said with her vast experience as a Deputy Minister for the region she had come to appreciate the problems confronting the party in the region. She said key among the problems was the lack of transparency in the work of Regional executives and promised an open administration when given the mandate to serve. Mrs Chigabatia said another major defect that affected the party in the last election was the imposition of people as overseers of the party's structures in the region. She gave the assurance that when given the mandate she would ensure that all party members operated within the confines of the party's traditional structures.