Mr. Ishak Dapilah, Nadowli North Constituency chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Friday stated that the NDC can never make any positive impact in the 2004 general elections if they do not bury their differences and put their house in order.

"The party at all levels are beset with problems of bitterness and undermining one another which we need to uproot as a matter of urgency before strategising to win next year's general election's

Mr Dapila who was speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency on NDC's preparations towards the 2004 elections advised the members not to be complacent that the Upper West Region was stronghold of the party.

"The current victories in by-elections for NPP in the former strongholds of NDC is a clear-cut confirmation that NDC can no longer claim a stronghold in any place if we do not work extra harder to maintain our seats''.

The constituency chairman accused some of the members of parliament from the region of doing things in isolation without the knowledge of party executives, which he said, could dwindle the fortunes of the party next year.

Mr Dapilah said some of the NDC members in the region see the party as their family property and therefore keep party policies in secrecy to the detriment of the people and the party in general.

"You cannot use abusive language and undiplomatic tactics to win elections if you are in opposition and I think that we are loosing a lot more supporters to the NPP because of our old policies that are not human centred''.

He said in 2002 elections NDC lost terribly due partly to the imposition of parliamentary candidates on the people and called on the party hierachy not to repeat those mistakes as it would further incur the displeasure of the members.''

"We should be able to raise funds from our own resources to support the leadership of the party to thrive and not to put all our hope in the heirachy which is now faced with numerous financial hurdles, he said.