General Secretary hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Musah Iddrisu, better known as Musah Superior, has chided the national executives of the governing party, for neglecting members at the grassroots. According to Superior, who is also the deputy CEO of the Forestry Commission, breaking the eight mantras, by the ruling party can only be materialized if the party is prioritized and reorganized from the grassroots.
Speaking on the Movement In The Morning Political Show, the former Tamale Mayor, lashed out at the current national executives, as he noted that, the administrative structure is not functioning.
He said members of the NPP are disgruntled because the party leadership is not concerned about their welfare, a situation he is hoping to change when he wins the general secretary position.
He said, these observations were made, after visiting 75 constituencies in 12 regions as part of his ‘people’s campaign’ tour, where it was noted that, special organs of the party, including youth and women organizers, among others had not received the needed logistics to aid them with their duties, in the last four years.
“How do they work effectively without logistics, such as at least, laptops and mobile phones. These are issues I will be addressing if I’m elected”, he emphatically stated.
The founder fathers of the party, he said, founded the party on some principles including, empathy, democracy, diversity, among others, therefore, it should serve as a precedence for others to follows.
Bridging the gap between the grassroot and national executives, is also top on his agenda, as he said, the model of Dan Botwe and Lord Commey’s style of leadership, as former general secretaries, should be a blueprint for any aspiring General Secretary of the party.
He emphatically stated that, the current NPP, is the weakest ever since 1992. “The party’s research department, is very poor. There’s currently no data, to back the official members of the NPP”.
“Since we came to power, the party had no plans to cater comprehensively for the welfare of the hardworking party officers, which consequentially characterized the party’s poor performance in the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections, he indicated”
“There should be no excuse for our loss of 32 seats in Parliament and our current national executives ought to be blamed because they superintended over the disqualifications, machinations, favouritism and imposition of candidates on the constituencies which caused our downfall,” the former mayor of Tamale added.
