Issifu Mahmoud, a retired police officer and a private legal practitioner, is worried about the consequences of the absence of a constituency office for the National Democratic Congress in the Binduri constituency of the Upper East Region.
Mr. Mahmoud was worried that the absence of the an official space to house the party and its activities would mean sensitive party activities and documents would be left to the mercy of benevolent party folks who’ll agree for their homes to be used.
Mr. Mahmoud made these comments when he spoke on A1 Radio’s Day Break Upper East Show, Friday, March 3, 2023.
“The last time I attended a party meeting, there was no party office. It is not the case that it was there and windstorm or rain storm came to damage it. Neither a natural nor artificial disaster came to pull it down. There has never been. Neither do they even have a proposed site for that purpose. These are things we are talking about.”
“If you are a leader or have ever been a leader and ever supervised this thing, you sense of direction [is questionable]. If national leadership hears about this thing, it would mean you are competent or you really know what you need to do as a leader. If anybody wants to meet the party, where does the person go? Does he have to be going to the individual homes?” he asked.
Due to the absence of a party office, there may even have been a loss of some of the party’s register.
“This has led to the constituency getting some of the registers lost. [This is because] they were being carried up and down. There’s no safe space,” he said.
Given the chance to leade the party to the general election in 2024, Mr. Mahmoud hopes to change the situation of the party with regard to the absence of a party office.
Earlier, Issifu Mahmoud, the retired Chief Inspector, has expressed interest in leading the National Democratic Congress to victory in the Binduri Constituency polls in 2024. It is time for a young, dynamic professional like Mr. Mahmoud to lead the constituencies and utilise existing networks to pursue rapid human and physical development in the area, the lawyer said to Mark Smith on A1 Radio’s Day Break Upper East Show.
Mr. Mahmoud retired from the Ghana Police Service in January 2023, to pursue his political ambition. At the time of retirement, he had attained the rank of Chief Inspector and was the lead prosecutor for the Service in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital.
Source: A1radioonline.com|101.1MHz|Mark Kwasi Ahumah Smith|Ghana
