More women should be allowed to hold political positions, according to lawyer Anokye Frimpong.
Anokye Frimpong, a private legal practitioner and historian, believes that women should be allowed to hold high positions in politics in order to boost their confidence.
He said this during the 'Headline' segment of GTV's Breakfast Show.
His remarks come after the New Patriotic Party held its National Delegates Conference over the weekend to elect new executives. At the end of the elections, only two women emerged victorious: Kate Gyamfua, National Women's Organiser, and Rita Asobayire, 2nd Vice Chairman.
In view of this, Lawyer Anokye said “women are being pushed away in politics to the extent that political parties in Ghana now have treasurers being men so I believe that National Democratic Congress (NDC) would take a cue from that and push the women forward”.
He continued by saying “a woman can be a very good and effective chairman or a secretary of a political party and they would want to go, provided they are given assistance…”.
Women's political participation in Ghana is low at both the local and national levels. This is due to abusive words being used against them whenever they try to express themselves. To help alleviate the situation, Lawyer Frimpong stated that such behavior should be discouraged.
"I believe the time has come to encourage rather than discourage bullying and the use of abusive words against women," he added.
Read also: The message is clear, Ghanaians want change – Chief Biney on NPP elections.
The Deputy National Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress, Chief Biney Nixon has opined that the indirect message conveyed by delegates of the New Patriotic Party at the recent National Delegates Conference of the party is that ‘Ghanaians want change’.
According to him, the outcome of the polls held over the weekend is a reflection of the general cry for change in the administration of the country.
Chief Biney advanced the argument that the NPP grassroots are demanding fresh strategies and plans and that it will take the NPP years to achieve that.
He expressed the belief that the NDC is best positioned to drag Ghanaians from the economic mess the Akufo-Addo-led administration has plunged the country into.
“Every election has a message and the message from the NPP elections is that Ghanaians want change. This election was a clear communication from the NPP to its members and then to a larger extent, Ghanaians.
“The message is all about change. In the NPP, they believe it is time to reorganize and re-strategize but you can’t achieve that within two years. Whenever I see someone shouting ‘break the 8’, I feel like he is not abreast with issue. If you look at the voting pattern and changes in the party, you would realize that a message is being sent. There are lessons to be learned from it. Change happened in the NPP elections,” he said.
The New Patriotic Party last weekend held its national executive elections with John Boadu being the biggest casualty.
Boadu who was seeking reelection as General Secretary fell to Justin Frimpong Kodua. Kodua who polled 2837 votes whereas John Boadu had 2524.
In the chairmanship race, Stephen Ntim finally got a taste of the position after polling 4,014 votes.
Nana B moved up the ladder with victory in the National Organizer race whiles Kate Gyamfua retained her position as National Women’s Organizer.
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