A former Director of Finance and Administration of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Charles Dwamena (Dr China) has called for more support for party footsoldiers, followers and supporters in general.
According to him, if the party empowers its supporters and or footsoldiers, they will not relent on their efforts to do their work to push the party forward to break “the eight” .
Some footsoldiers over the years have complained that despite their work, some of them are neglected when the party comes to power and at times, they either have to leave the party or pull back their support.
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Speaking on Atinka TV‘s morning show, Ghana Nie with Ekourba Gyasi, Dr Charles Dwamena who took notice of the situation said some few years ago when he was aspiring for a position in the party, he proposed that the party roll out programmes and policies, using the party’s own resources for the benefit of party members.
He proposed that the party will roll out a business incubation fund which will be operational in all 275 constituencies to support the party members who are active, pay their dues and want to expand their businesses or start new businesses.
He noted that some of the drivers have worked with the party for long but did not have cars, saying they could be given an amount of GHC30,000 to purchase their own cars and “start taxi business”.
Dr Charles Dwamena said the party members should not just be given the money from the incubation funds to start or expand their business only but as well be monitored in order to ensure the business is expanded so that more persons can also benefit from it.
He said giving party members and their children scholarships even at the Masters level will also encourage people to join the party.
He also proposed that persons who wish to have political training should be given the training so that when they are attached to political offices, they will not be a burden to government or political appointees.
“When it happens like that, after the three or six months training, when the person goes back, he or she will become an asset to the constituency and it will encourage others to participate,” he said.
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