A New Patriotic Party activist, Mr Gideon Boako, has called on the youth to vote for him as the Ashanti Regional Youth Organiser.
He said the party needed a visionary, loyal, hardworking and committed youth activist like him, who has proven his worth and would be able to steer the affairs of the youth for the party to chalk up a resounding victory in the 2012 general election.
Mr Boako, affectionately called “Ogidigidi”, the epitome of Hope for the Youth, described the youth as the heart of a party, saying for the party to be able to stand on its feet, it required the initiative of somebody like him, who has served the party since the year 2000.
Mr Boako, who was briefing the Daily Graphic about his intention to contest the Regional Youth Organiser position, said he had passed through the mill in the party and had thus acquired the new ideas needed to mobilise the youth to win back power in 2012.
“My vision is to build a much stronger NPP youth force by way of energising, re-invigorating and rekindling their spirits to show massive support towards the party to ensure victory in 2012.
“Again, l want to serve as a good conduit that has the capacity to bring the youth and all party fanatics closer to the NPP government (when in power) and the party leadership,” he said, adding that “as a party in opposition, it needed vociferous people to talk to catch them young in their homes and in their schools”.
Asked whether he could carry such cumbersome responsibility, he replied that the position was indeed time-consuming, but since he had been doing two programmes on radio alongside other activities, that might confirm that he was really hardworking.
Mr Boako was awarded Certificate of Honour when he was TESCON President at the Sunyani Polytechnic in 2008, and in that same year, at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) as Media Relations Director.
Also, he had an award from the Methodist Children’s Growth — University Students’ Quota (MECHIGUST-Q) in 2008.
The eloquent Boako is a holder of Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources Management, KNUST, and former Vice-President at NSPA Office of Parliament of Ghana in 2000. He was the National Co-ordinator of Youth for Democratic Action (YDA), and a Member of the Board of Trustees- Ghana United Students’ Association (GUNSA) that same year.
Mr Boako, 28, who was born into the Busia-Dankwa fraternity, where his father and mother belonged as truly and committed parents to the tradition, observed that when deserving individuals of integrity were elected into office, people in the area united and called on all party faithful to unite, because in unity lies strength.
“This is because in our bid to wrest power in the year 2012, there’s a need to strengthen and increase active youth participation in the region, foster unity and cohesion among the entire youth of the party,” he said this as one of his objectives.
He promised to set up a Regional Youth Committee and think tank to strategically plan youth programmes and activities in order to train and psych up 500 youth in every constituency in the region for operations against electoral malpractice.
Again, he promised to set up an agile youth force to stand the threat and the propaganda machinery of all other parties.
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