Some youngsters in the Volta Region’s Ketu North Constituency who were thought to be members of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) have defected to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
They indicated that their choice was based on the government’s inept leadership under Auto-Addo-Bawumia.
On January 11, 2024, the gang made their announcement.
The youngsters, some of whom have served as NPP officials in the region, say they cannot continue to support a failed administration.
In an interview with Citi News, Bernard Akpabli Agbeli, a former youth organizer for the party in the area, stated that the youth have sworn to support the NDC and its flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama.
“Already, I have declared my total support for John Mahama and the NDC. We will campaign for them, and we will make sure that we win the presidential and will form the majority in the parliamentary election. I was the polling station youth organiser, formerly polling station organiser; I was constituency youth organiser as well.”
“So I’ve served this party [NPP] for about 27 years now. Everybody knows me very well in the Volta Region here, and the leadership of the party in the region also knows me; they know how hard-working I am. This government is not ruling us well. So it is because of that I took this decision,” he said.
