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The Deputy National Organiser of the largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Chief Biney Hamilton Nixon, has declared his intention to contest for the National Organiser position of the party when nominations open.

In a press conference to declare his intention, he said it was about time “we find people like myself who have followed the process, gone through the mill to come up for positions and help the party to achieve its dream of rescuing Ghana come 2024”.

“Seriously, I have some plans and policies and programs that I believe that after my study throughout from the branch to national, if I am given the opportunity to join the team that will help in taking decisions, planning for the NDC, we will win political power come 2024….” he said.

VISION

Three S Plans and Programs

He outlined the his tyhree S plans and programmes.

Strengthen Structures

“My focus is to make sure that I strengthen the structures with the party executives elected. This Structures have the Youth Wing, The Women Wing, The Zongo Caucus,” he said.

Mobilization

He said he is going to pay attention and work hand-in-hand with the International Relations Directorate and achieve that mobilization and make the party attractive in abroad and home.

“Because all the mobilization will turn into votes, and these officers are trained to manage the election process at that level ie. Polling agents, officers managing ballot papers right from printing to the polling station. And so, you cannot manage an organizational department and succeed without paying attention to that department and making sure that whatever resource that they need is giving to them, if not and you are able to do the mobilization, you are going to have serious challenges at the end of General Elections.”

Equip IT Directorate

He says the party needs to switch fully to the latest technology. He said if party officers are not equipped well enough and they are not able to transmit all the good works done and results in that short and real time all their work will be in vain.

Security

According to Chief Biney, one cannot run a political party without a proper defined internal security working under instructions and within the laws of the country.

He highlighted instances in past elections where lives were lost in Techiman South, Ablekuma and the worst of it in Ayawaso West Wuogon.

“The party must have internal security to work hand-in-hand with the Police. This time around there are some Police people their interest is not policing for the state but they Police for their political parties,” he said, adding that they have to be called to order.

He said with this structure, the NDC security will make sure that the bad nuts even within the Police are handed over to the Police for them to deal with them accordingly.

“We need to make sure that the ballots are protected, the polling stations are protected, the coalition centers are protected, because it involves human lives, and as a political party it will be our responsibility to make sure all those who come in the interest of the party are protected. You can only do them when you have Support.”

Support

He said as Social Democrats, the party must identify strategic partners who believe in the NDC’s ideology and help build human capacity and the strengthening of structures of the party.

“If we are able to do this and we have officers elected and they go through some sort of training to build their capacity, they go along with the plans and the policies of the party and they work according to plan to make sure that we achieve nothing but the purpose for which we are all on the field working,” he said.

Logistics and Funds

He said all these plans and laid down policies work with logistics and renewed fund-raising skill for it to be implemented well.

“We are in serious crises but as a political party we are doing everything possible to make sure that we put men in place, put plans and programmes together and go out there and campaign and for the good people of Ghana to buy into that vision of the National Democratic Congress,” he added.

Declaration

“I, Chief Hamilton Biney Nixon with great honour will like to declare that with all this qualities,I would like to vie for the position of National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress this very year. So help me God,” he declared.

The Man Chief Biney

Chief Biney started following the party in 1992 but joined the NDC in 1996.

He has acted as a polling station agent at Tema Community 2, BBC to be precise and Kpone Katamanso constituency, but eventually transferred his vote to Ekumfi in the Central Region.

He subsequently contested and won in Ekumfi as Vice Chairman of the constituency.

He also contested as Parliamentary candidate for Ekumfi constituency but lost it.

Chief Biney has been a Regional Security Coordinator for the NDC in the Central Region and served on many committees in the party.