THE National Youth Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Ludwig Hlodze, has urged the youth in the party to continue to rally behind the leadership of the NDC and work hard to retain it in power.
Addressing a foraUM for youth executives from Builsa North, Builsa South, Chiana Paga and Navrongo Central Constituencies as well as the leadership of the Tertiary Education Institutions Network (TEIN) from the Navrongo Campus of UDS and the St. Johns Bosco College of Education at Navrongo, Mr Hlodze advised the youth that the only way the party could retain power was for all members to remain united and rally behind the president to deliver on the ‘Better Ghana’ agenda.
The fora was part of programme outlined by the Youth Wing of the party to solicit the views of the youth at the grassroots and galvanise them to support the party. A similar fora were held in Bolgatanga and Bawku.
Mr Hlodze, who is also a Presidential Staffer, urged the youth not to be overly agitated and panicky about the current differences between Former President Rawlings and the current President, Professor John Evans Atta Mills, adding that both men were committed towards building a ‘Better Ghana’.
“I can tell you that both men want the best for Ghana and are committed to building a better Ghana to ensure that the ordinary Ghanaian is able to put body and soul together, but the differences we see today among the two men rest on the approach and leadership styles of these two leaders. Our role as youth is to remain resolute in the party’s quest to retain power in 2012”, he said.
He reiterated that the way forward was for the rank and file to continue to work as a team to keep the NDC in power and avoid the media battles that had the tendency to run down the President and in the long run destroy the party.
“We have a president, who even the opposition party members can vouch for his integrity and honesty and will not dip his hands in the state coffers to loot so why should we take delight in running him down? For those who think they are destroying him, they should know that they will end up destroying themselves.”
He said no matter the individual differences, members of the party must make teamwork their key policy. “Yes, some of our people are greedy and are grapping everything to the neglect of others and we will fight them at the right time, but as a family we should avoid running to the media at the least opportunity to wash our dirty linen in public”, Mr Hlodze said.
He blamed the resent agitation by sections of the youth in the party to the failures of some municipal and district chief executives to open their doors to the youth and explain some of the development programmes and policies to them and appealed to the M/DCEs to relate well with the leadership of the youth and hold regular meetings with them to keep them abreast of happenings within the party.
Mr Hlodze commended the youth for working hard and said every follower of the party deserved commendation adding that at the appropriate time what would be done for them would be made known, “nobody should be downhearted”, he assured.
The National Youth Organiser said the youth wing recently organised the first-ever youth summit in Ho to develop a blue print for the development of the youth. It had also launched a fund to provide some financial assistance to the youth and said very soon, more opportunities would be given to the youth in all parts of the country to assist them.
Messrs Richard Quarshigah and Mr Stanislav Xoese Dogbe, a Propaganda Secretary and Presidential Aide at the Ministry of Information ,who accompanied the National Youth Organiser of the NDC also took turns to address the youth and said the party would do more of such engagements with the youth to communicate relevant information to them.
The Regional Youth Organiser of the NDC, Mr Robert Yeli Oni, urged the youth to educate themselves on the number of achievements chalked by the party and gave the assurance that his office would be available at all times to assist with the relevant messages so as to help the NDC retain power.
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