Director of Elections for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Mr Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah has congratulated the outgoing General Secretary of the party Johnson Asiedu Nketia for his 17-year service to the party in that capacity.
This comes after Mr Asiedu Nketia disclosed that he would not seek re-election when the party goes to congress on December 17.
“Age plays a major role in everything. This job of a General Secretary involves a lot; your time, energy, among others.
“I have considered all these, and I am of the firm view that I won’t contest again. What I am saying is that I won’t seek re-election as General Secretary,” Mr Nketia said in an interview with Accra-based Radio Gold on Wednesday, September 21.
Reacting to this in a statement, Mr Afriyie-Ankrah said “I will like to congratulate the venerable Johnson Asiedu Nketia for 17 years of dedicated service to our great party, the NDC.
“It takes a person of some exceptional qualities to be able to hold such a sensitive position for all these years.
“He has been at the forefront of the evolution of the NDC all these years and so I will like on behalf of myself and the rest of us who have worked with him all these years to commend him and congratulate him for all his services to our great party.
“May the good Lord strengthen him as some of us aspire to step in his shoes , we can continue to count on his wisdom, guidance and storehouse of his knowledge.”