ANXIOUS SUPPORERS MUST EXERCISE RESTRAINT...Says NDC Youth Wing in BA (PAGE 16, JAN 26)

The Brong Ahafo Regional Youth Wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on all party supporters who are anxious for various appointments in the new administration to exercise utmost restraint.
It pointed out that even though there were very good materials in the party who deserve to be nominated for appointments, they ought to wait for the President and his selection team to discharge such a daunting duty.
It further appealed to those who might not be considered to remain calm and continue to show much more commitment to the cause of President Mills to build a better Ghana, saying that they had no doubt that President Mills would live up to his promise to unite the country and also transform the economy.
The Youth Wing expressed its sincerest gratitude and appreciation to the President for coming out steadfastly with the appointment of the first 15 batch of Ministers of State designate, including five women to assist him run the new administration.
The youth were particularly overwhelmed over the nomination of the National Youth Organiser of the NDC, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Tamale South Constituency as the Minister-designate for Communications, and congratulated Mr Iddrisu on his appointment.
Mr Mohammed Seidu, alias Maha, the Regional Youth Organiser of the NDC, who expressed thanks on behalf of the group in an interaction with the Daily Graphic in Sunyani over the weekend, further thanked President Mills for nominating Alhaji Collins Dauda as Minister.
The regional youth organiser went on to extend his heartfelt felicitations to Alhaji Dauda and Mr Marfo, and all others who had been nominated by the President for vetting by Parliament.
He expressed the hope that all of them would come out with flying colours from the Parliamentary Vetting Committee and subsequently discharge their assigned duties conscientiously.
Mr Seidu was especially enthused over the fact that President Mills had fulfilled his campaign promise to include women in his government, by allotting a reasonable percentage of ministerial positions to them.
He also acknowledged the crucial role former President J.J. Rawlings and his wife Nana Konadu Agyeman played in ensuring that the NDC returned to power and urged the couple to offer the needed advice to President Mills.
Mr Seidu expressed his gratitude to all Ghanaians for the peaceful manner they conducted themselves which resulted in the success of the general elections, and prayed that the people would continue to tolerate one another even after the elections and also support President Mills’s government in diverse ways.