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Henry Ekow Manly-Spain, a lead contender for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Chairmanship race, has assured that his topmost priority for contesting the position is to establish constituency-based economic businesses to lessen the over-dependency of party members on their executives, DCEs, MPs and the President. Mr. Manly-Spain, a founding member of the NDC in USA, indicated that the move is to make the constituencies self-reliant in order to operate effectively. �When I lose the respect, the authority and supremacy of the chairmanship, the party will be undermined � a chairman is supposed to be promoting the good of the party and not his personal interests,� he said. He said there was a disconnect between the leadership and grassroots of the party which had resulted in the lack of participation thus weakening its hold at that level adding that that was a �dangerous development� ahead of the 2016 general election. Mr. Manly-Spain said there is an urgent need for a transformational leadership to create a new truly inclusive political eco system, to revive activism at the grassroots level, not just to retain power, but to consolidate it. Mr. Henry Ekow Manly-Spain, a founding member of the NDC in USA, said this in an interaction with the delegates during his tour to the constituencies in the Greater Accra region to solicit votes ahead of the party�s regional elections on Saturday. Mr. Manly-Spain is competing with incumbent Mr. Ade-Coker, Stephen Akwetey, and Daniel Amartey for the chairmanship position. Mr. Manly-Spain, said he would promote greater inclusiveness for the founding members, senior members, past executives, political and public officers and former parliamentarians who, for some reasons, felt marginalized to recommit to the progress of the party. He said under his chairmanship, he would ensure that conflicts were resolved in the party to make it stronger not just to retain power but to consolidate it. When asked why he wanted to change the winning team, he said the party�s victory was made possible by the efforts of the entire membership and that there was the need to change batons to re-energize the party with fresh ideas. Mr. Manly-Spain was confident that his message to the grassroots had received an overwhelming positive response and was sure of victory in the elections to make the party a formidable one. He advised party members not to accept money, empty promises and material things during voting because it would compel them to make the wrong choice and such attitude would be detrimental to the progress of the party.