www.padfm.com.gh – zulqanoah16@gmail.com – January 27, 2022
Aspiring NPP youth organizer in the Damongo Constituency Saeed Benjamin Wedjong (Master Ben), has supported a Damongo based football club with two footballs, shinguards and a cash amount of five hundred Ghana cedis (GHC500).
The support was made to a division two football club Mole Nationals FC, based in Damongo,
The presentation was done on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, at the Damongo town park.
Master Ben as he is affectionately called, believes that football is a very important tool towards reducing youth unemployment in the country, and assured he will work closely with sports authorities to promote the interest of the youth in the constituency in all fields including football.
Master Ben disclosed that he played football as child and has been a football fan since childhood.
” I have been a football fan since childhood, I played football at the basic level in school and ready to promote the growth and development of football in the Damongo constituency.
I’m contesting this position to help the youth of the area realize their ambitions, I will work with leadership to make sure football and sports in general is supported to grow and develop well in the constituency, to raise the image of the Damongo and the Savannah region”.
Other areas Saeed Benjamin Wedjong (Master Ben) wishes to work to promote youth inclusion are scholarships, school feeding, attracting first time voters to the NPP.
Master Ben said when given the chance to lead, he will relate well with authorities of the party to secure scholarships for the youth of the party to further their education and gain the necessary skills to take up leadership positions.
He will also appeal to the NPP leadership, the MP, regional minister and MCE to consider the youth when appointing caterers for the school feeding positions.
He he added that he will assist make the NPP youth base the most powerful and viable institution in the area that will attract the youth of other political parties to join the NPP.
In a sharp reaction to accusations that he doesn’t know how to conduct politics, Master Ben said he has observed that his contenders have no proper message for the youth of NPP hence result to name calling and baseless accusations.
He therefore, appealed to the constituency executives, zonal coordinators and branch executives to vote massively for him to become the next NPP youth organizer in the Damongo Constituency.
The governing NPP started an agenda to break the eight (8) and continue to govern Ghana after 2024 general elections.
Falling the agenda, Master Ben said the party needs people like him to lead the youth in order to relate well with the other executives to capture young ones for the party.
“We want to break the 8, this can only be achieved when we get people like me to lead the youth front of the party. Together with other executives we will make the NPP more appealing to teenagers so that by the time they attain 18 years, they will choose NPP as their party for life”.
The general captain of Mole Nationals FC Kraja Jalil Carlos on behalf of the club expressed gratitude to Master Ben for the timely intervention, saying “if all the aspirants had come to support Mole Nationals fc, the team wouldn’t be where it is today”.
“We need the money to pay for the registration of players and the two footballs and shinguards will also help us improve our football skills to compete well in the upcoming division two (2) league season”, he added.
Saeed Benjamin Wedjong (Master Ben) is vying for the position of NPP youth organizer together with two others in the Damongo constituency.
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