In his bid to become the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer for the 2024 elections, Alan Kwadwo Kyeremanten has outlined a comprehensive 10-point agenda for the transformation and modernization of the party, known as ‘Transformation and Modernization of the New Patriotic Party – Agenda 2030’. Here are the key points of his agenda:
- Membership Expansion: Aiming to aggressively grow the party’s membership, with a specific focus on attracting more youth and women, and implementing a Membership Reward Scheme to incentivize active participation among party members.
- Financial Strength: Plans to enhance the party’s financial stability by establishing commercially viable medium and large-scale business enterprises owned by the party, as well as engaging in other investment activities.
- Welfare Promotion: Envisions improving the welfare of party executives and officials at all levels within the party structure. This includes considerations like salary/allowance payments and the creation of a Pension Scheme for party officials.
- Organizational Efficiency: Focuses on strengthening the management, organizational structure, and operational efficiency of the party’s Field Executives and Administrative staff.
- Policy Research: Plans to bolster the party’s policy research and analytical capabilities, which would likely contribute to more informed and effective policy positions.
- Inclusion of External Branches: Aims to fully integrate the party’s External Branches into the party’s activities, and also seeks to identify talented individuals within the party to fill executive positions in the government.
- Government-Party Relations: Pledges to strengthen the relationship and interaction between the government and the party by regularizing consultations on matters relating to both government and party administration.
- Constitutional Review: Envisions a review of the party’s Constitution and other legal instruments to ensure they reflect current political dynamics and are responsive to present-day challenges.
- Strategic Partnerships: Plans to establish strategic partnerships between the party and relevant local and international institutions, including political affiliations.
- Infrastructure Modernization: Focuses on modernizing the party’s infrastructure and other facilities throughout the country.
These ten points outline Kyeremanten’s vision for the New Patriotic Party, with the goal of transforming and modernizing the party by 2030.