The National Executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) last Wednesday started the second phase of their nationwide “thank you” tour to the northern part of the country.

It is also meant to afford the national leadership an opportunity to touch base with party grassroots, and to listen and address their concerns and grievances as part of the party’s re-energisation, restructuring and reorganisation efforts of the party.

The tour will take the national executives to the Northern, North East, Upper East, Upper West and Savanna regions.

A statement issued by the party said the National Chairman, Mr Freddy Blay, was leading the team that included the General Secretary, Mr John Boadu, first Vice Chairperson, Ms Rita Asobayire; second Vice Chairman, Mr F.F Anto; third Vice Chairman, Mr Omari Wadie; National Treasurer, Mr Abankwa Yeboah; National Organiser, Sammi Awuku; National Nasara Coordinator, Abdul Aziz Futah; and the National Women Organiser, Ms Kate Gyamfua.

Context

The Executives have already visited and interacted with party grassroots in the Greater Accra Region, Ashanti, Bono, Ahafo, and Bono East regions during the first phase of this nationwide exercise.

Structures

It said the team was also using the tour to engage the structures of the party on ways to support the Akufo-Addo government to deliver on its second-term mandate in order to enhance the party’s chances of breaking the eight-year governance cycle.