The National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has said he is ready to face the General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah if the party opens nomination for the national executives’ election.
Responding to speculations that the General Secretary of the party, is preparing to unseat him in the upcoming election, he told Kumasi Based Oyerepa FM that he doesn’t take speculations seriously.
“This is not the time for me to flex my muscles. I have done this among others. I’m telling you that I will defend my title irrespective of who will contest me even though we are not there yet,’’ he stressed.
He explained the General Secretary of the party has not officially declared his intention for the contest therefore “when we get to the bridge we shall cross”.
He stressed, that the party membership has confidence in him and will do nothing to suggest that he is the only one who knows everything that will give the party victory in the 2024 elections.
Samuel Ofosu Ampofo and the entire national executives of the party last week arrived in Kumasi for the Ashanti regional NDC membership drive campaign to mobilize new members for the party to increase their support base in the region which gave them less than 37 per cent of the voter population in the 2020 general election.