Delegates for the Eastern regional conference of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) are rooting for Kwadwo Boateng-Agyemang to win the regional chairmanship position.
With the ‘chants’ like “Cudjoe” and “He will win”, the delegates all the aspirants have been interacting with, believe Kwadwo Boateng-Agyemang is the best person to lead the governing party as chairman to break the eight.
As he criss-crossed the region selling his message of unity and good tidings for the party’s progress to retain power in the 2024 election, delegates spent hours waiting for his arrival.
On Wednesday, delegates were eagerly waiting to absorb the campaign message of Cudjoe at Bunso junction in the Abuakwa South constituency.
Before this, several delegates had waited as late as 1am to meet the aspiring regional chairman, Mr. Kwadwo Boateng Agyemang, who until recently, was the New Juaben North constituency chairman.
“The era of ‘naive voters’ is fading. Voters at the grassroots now base their arguments on experience and merit”, one delegate recounted adding that “Chairman Cudjoe is the best. Someone who had served at the grassroots for 32 years, a constituency chairman for 16 years. He has the experience. We would not vote for a candidate who had no experience”.
“We are not interested in a candidate who has never worked at the grassroots level or at the constituency level to become our regional chairman. His contender is inexperienced”.
Concerned supporters
In a related development, members of the “Concerned Grassroot of the NPP—Eastern Region” have pledged their support for Kwadwo Boateng-Agyemang.
The group has tipped him to be the next Eastern Regional Chairman of the NPP.
The election for the upcoming eastern regional chairmanship race will be held tomorrow Saturday, May 28, 2022.
The grassroots are convinced a candidate who has gone through the mill at the constituency level can perform effectively when given the nod as a regional chairman.
Having served the party for almost 32 years and utilizing half of these years as a constituency chairman, the grassroots believe he has much experience to take over the mantle of leadership at the regional level.
“Chairman Cudjoe was the brain behind the Adeiso seat won by the party in the 2020 general election. The party had never won a parliamentary seat in Adeiso since 1992. A constituency that has staunch NDC followers was snatched through the able capability of Chairman Cudjoe. He effortlessly accomplished this feat as a constituency chairman, what if he becomes the regional chairman? The party will perform very well in the 2024 general elections if he wins”, a staunch NPP supporter in the region recounted.
The delegates see him as a unifier as his campaign slogan makes it known “Bring the people together & keep the hope alive”.
They say they are not perturbed about his late entry into the race.
“We are not worried about the fact that he joined the race late. The most important question is: does he qualify to be a regional chairman? He does beyond his contender”.
