Abdul-Aziz Harun Futa, the National Nasara Coordinator of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has observed that Zongo residents would be showing ingratitude to the government if they did not endorse President Nana Akufo-Addo’s bid for a second term.
“God will not forgive the people in the Zongo communities across the country, if we fail to vote massively for the NPP in the 2020 general election, to enable the party continue and complete the numerous projects currently ongoing in the Zongos.
“No government since independence has shown commitment, determination and dedication to the development of Zongo communities across the country than NPP governments and I plead with my people of Zongo communities to reciprocate the gesture of the President and the party in the December elections.
Mr Futa, who was speaking at the 10th anniversary of the Al- Wahda Club of NPP in Kumasi, said the NPP had displayed an overwhelming proof that it was the party for the Zongos.
He pointed out that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) had over the years created the impression that the NPP was anti-Zongo, but the level of development the NPP had brought to the Zongo communities across the country proved the contrary.
“A party that has not only established a whole ministry to spearhead the development of Zongo communities, but has gone further to set aside a special fund to help to actualise the Zongo development aspirations, can certainly not be anti-Zongo because the NDC’s years of propaganda has fallen flat in the face of the massive development projects being executed in Zongo communities to bridge the developmental gap.
“The NDC, betrayed the people of Zongo, despite enjoying a lot of support and assistance from them, the Zongos now belongs to the NPP, as I speak, about 40 per cent of student nurses benefitting from the restoration of the nurses’ allowance are from the Zongos.
“Zongo communities have no excuse, but to come out in their numbers on December 7, to vote for the NPP to show appreciation for the unprecedented transformation and I charge Nasara coordinators at the regional and constituency levels to work hard to garner more votes in Zongo communities for the president and the party in the forthcoming elections.
“We must work harder towards securing at least 45 per cent of the votes in Zongo communities to increase the NPP’s chances of retaining power”, Mr Futa implored. -GNA
