Wa, Dec. 12, GNA - Mr Hackman Owusu-Agyemang, a presidential aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Tuesday said the ultimate objective of their campaign was to ensure the Party retains power, therefore, no contestant would do anything that would lead to its fragmentation.
Mr Owusu-Agyemang said anyone who would emerge the NPP presidential candidate at the forthcoming national delegates' congress would be supported by all the contestants.
He was interacting with newsmen at Wa, shortly before he met potential delegates in the Upper West region as part of his campaign ahead of the December 22 primary.
Mr Owusu-Agyemang recalled the split of the then United Party tradition in 1979 into the Popular Front Party and the United National Convention, saying they would never again allow that to happen.
He said the NPP had performed remarkably in government and needed a hands-on president like him to build on President Kufuor's "solid foundation". He said his track records of dedicated and committed service to the NPP were there for all to see and expressed the hope that the delegates would choose him. For example, he said, he at onetime had to sell his house to fund the activities of the NPP "when the going was tough," adding that he was the one who resolved 'the Concorda Ventures' issue when the Party was taken to court. He has also donated a building, which currently serves as the Party's clubhouse in Accra, he added. Mr Owusu-Agyemang said during his 18 months' tenure as
Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, he masterminded the construction of 4,000 houses and that they were almost ready for occupation. He also mentioned his charity work, saying he offered assistance to the vulnerable segments of the society. Mr Owusu-Agyemang challenged other aspirants of the NPP to prove what they have done for the Party, and not what they would do for it in future. "Apart from Kofi Annan, there is no other Ghanaian who has better International exposure than me," he said.