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NPP To Set Up Party School For Leadership Training And Ideological Education– Stephen Ntim

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Report by Bernard K DADZIE
The National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, (NPP) Mr. Stephen Ayensu Ntim has announced plans to set up a party school aimed at providing leadership training and promoting the party’s vision of building a free and prosperous society.
The party school, he said will primarily offer leadership training to members of the party who aspire to take up leadership positions in the party and in  government. The school is also expected to produce a credible and cutting-edge research intended to promote the party’s vision of building a free and prosperous society.
The National Chairman of the party, Mr. Stephen Ayesu Ntim disclosed this during a Mentorship Forum organized by the National Youth Wing of the party last Thursday,  August 3, 2023. The programme was held at the University of Professional Studies, Accra with the theme “Building Leaders For Party and Country”.
The school as part of its outstanding  objectives will be committed to identifying and grooming students from their educational institutions like TESCON and imbibe in them the kind of leadership that resonates with the 21st century and also inculcate in them the core values of centre-right orientation that underpins the NPP political establishment
According to him, the party school will serve as a platform to equip NPP members aspiring for leadership positions within the party and government with the necessary skills and knowledge. It will also be responsible for conducting cutting-edge research to further the party’s objectives.
Mr Ntim outlined the progress made in setting up the school as part of activities to mark the 31st anniversary of the party, revealing that a national secretariat of the party school had already been secured.
The governing council will be chaired by the former Speaker of Parliament, Right Honourable Aaron Mike Oquaye, while the position of Rector will be held by Professor Bondzie Simpson, the former Rector of Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).
“The school will focus on instilling the party’s core values and principles, as well as center-right orientation, among its members. The school aims to groom students from educational institutions like TESCON (Tertiary Students Confederacy) and equip them with leadership skills relevant to the 21st century,” he said.
He explained that almost all the necessary preparations have been done. They have secured a national secretariat for the school. The have appointed a governing council and it’s chairman in the person of Right Honourable Aaron Mike Oquaye, the immediate past Speaker of Parliament.
The party has also appointed a Rector for the school in the person of Professor Bondzie Simpson, the immediate past Rector of GIMPA. He expressed his vision for the school, stating that in the medium to long term, appointees and potential appointees in an NPP government, as well as elected officers and appointees at various party levels, would undergo training at the party school.
In effect, the party school shall to a large extent concern itself with teaching it’s members the party ideology, political and communication strategy, principles as well as the core values as well as principles of JB Danquah, Simeon Dombo and Kofi Abrefa Busia among others. And encouraged young individuals to take full advantage of the party school once it is launched.
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