Editorial News of Thursday, 18 March 1999

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The Guide

The paper carries a front page story with the heading "NPP is not an Ashanti Party-Alhaji Inusa". According to the paper the former campaign manager of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Alhaji Inusa has revealed that the Party is not an Ashanti Party. According to the story Alhaji Inusa disclosed this at an NPP constituency meeting in Dormaa, Brong-Ahafo Region on March 12. He said the Party is made up of people from all walks of life irrespective of thier region; tribe or religion. The paper added that the United Party (UP) which is the parent party of the NPP was formed by four political parties in the Ashanti, Volta, Northern and Greater Accra Regions. The paper continued that Mr. Kwadwo Yeboah Fordjour, the Brong Ahafo NPP chairman, assured Ghanaians that when NPP gains power, it will bring about the needed changes within four years to make the country worth living in. The paper concludes that, the party members present used the occasion to launch a campaign to increase sympathy and support for the NPP in the Tano South Constituency, saying the time is due for the party to find an antidote to its failure to win the MP's seat in the last election.