A flagbearer hopeful of the Peoples National Convention (PNC), Mr Bernard Mornah has urged the leadership of the party to make available its voter album on time as it prepares towards its national congress.
He said that making available the party’s voters album would enable him to prepare adequately for the presidential primaries as well as the December 7 elections.
Mr Mornah, a former chairman of the party raised the concern when he filed his nomination for flag bearer of the party ahead of the 2024 elections.
He presented receipts for the payment of the GH¢100, 000 nomination fees to the leadership of the PNC as part of the process required to contest for the upcoming presidential primaries.
“I am going into the contest, and I am supposed to know the total number of delegates I am dealing with. I do know that we have an excess of 4,242 delegates. But I have to see the voters album to see who and who are there whether they are indeed members of our party or not,” Mr Mornah said.
According to him, despite a delay in the opening of nomination, he had been able to obtain the 75 plus endorsements required by the party for a candidate to contest in the presidential primaries.
Mr Mornah further noted that the late organisation of the party’s congress, as did happen in 2020, would not have any bearing on his fortunes.
He explained that although the late organisation of the party’s congress in 2020 could be attributed to the outbreak of COVID-19, the leadership of the party needed to address it going forward and ensure that it started earlier.
The former chairman of the party said he was poised to end the duopoly of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) since the country returned to democratic order in 1993.
Mr Mornah said, if given the nod, he would ensure that the Twi language became a national language and proceeds from the extractive sector be used to drive the country’s development.
He also expressed gratitude to individuals who had contributed every little amount of money to help him generate the needed funds to embark on his campaign.
It would be recalled that a group of individuals, including Mr Mornah and the 2020 flagbearer aspirants, Mr Samson Asaki Awingobit and Rev. Samuel Adjei Debra, in a letter dated June 19, 2024, and copied to the Chairman of the PNC Council of Elders, Colonel George Bayebor, expressed their displeasure about the August 31, 2024 timeline set for the national congress.
They argued that the date was too far with the Electoral Commission opening nomination in September ahead of the December 7 elections, adding that it would put them under pressure.
They also said the date conflicted with the annual Homowo celebrations of the Ga people, which made it difficult for members in the Greater Accra Region to participate in the congress.
BY AGNES OWUSU
