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The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Kwabena Agyepong, has entreated the rank and file of the party to close their ranks and forge ahead in unity for victory in 2016.

According to him, internal wrangling and acrimony would not help the party in its quest to wrestle power from the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).

Speaking to the packed media in Accra yesterday, the General Secretary indicated that the generally peaceful nature of the polls was a manifestation of the determination and preparedness of the NPP to prosecute an effective and efficient campaign that would ensure the Presidential Candidate and the party emerged victorious in next year’s Presidential and Parliamentary elections.

“We are grateful to the rank and file of the party, especially the delegates, who conducted themselves in a spirit of brotherliness” he said.

Below is the full statement:

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press,
Last Saturday, the New Patriotic Party held parliamentary primaries in 245 constituencies across the country. The successful outcomes of these well-organized elections have once again demonstrated our faith and commitment towards the deepening of our democracy. The generally peaceful nature of the polls was a manifestation of the determination and preparedness of the NPP to prosecute an effective and efficient campaign that will ensure that our Presidential Candidate and our party emerge victorious in next year’s Presidential and Parliamentary elections.

We are grateful to the rank and file of the party, especially the delegates, who conducted themselves in a spirit of brotherliness.

We want to take this opportunity to thank the Electoral commission for the collaborative effort in the organization of the primaries. Same goes to the Ghana Police Service for the response to duty. In due course, our party will officially acknowledge them in writing.

We congratulate the winners and urge them to extend a hand to everybody and close ranks. To those who were unsuccessful, we thank them very much for the role they played and urge them to still dedicate themselves as true patriots of our party, to work together with our parliamentary candidates to achieve our main goal of victory 2016. Those with genuine grievances should present their cases to the Party Secretariat for redress. They should desist from engaging in recrimination, counter accusations, especially in the media.

It is noteworthy to acknowledge that 21 women emerged victorious and whiles unfortunately we lost 6 female incumbent in the process. We are also happy to announce that a significant amount of winners were below the ages of 40 years (30%), which goes to affirm that our party remains an attractive destination for the youth.

We have formally received the actual results as declared by the EC in the various constituencies. Except in two constituencies (I.e. Sunyani East and Gomoa East) where the results were very close and are subject to challenges.
We want to conclude by appealing to all members of our party, our foot soldiers, Polling station, constituency executives to rally around the chosen candidates, work together in genuine show of unity and be guided by the principle of service, sacrifice and selflessness.