Ghana: Head porters (Kayayei) Declare Support For NPP

Insert Adiza Zongo Pioneer

The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP’s) ambition of winning the 2016 national elections received a massive boost in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital. This was after scores of head porters, popularly called ‘kayayei’ in the local parlance, openly declared their unflinching support for the largest opposition political party in the country as the elections zero in. National president of the Head Porters’ Association, Adiza Zongo Pioneer, stated that she and her members across the country would vote massively for the NPP in the presidential and the parliamentary polls.

Addressing a huge crowd at the Abbey’s Park in the Manhyia South Constituency, Adiza Zongo Pioneer stressed that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the NPP leader, is the only hope for the country in the November elections. Adiza assured that she and her group would campaign in their own way to help the party to oust the non-performing National Democratic Congress (NDC) government this year.

The head porters stole the show as they massively attended the much-talked-about ‘Baamu Yadda’ demonstration held in Kumasi to put pressure on the Electoral Commission (EC) to clean the bloated voter register.

The Ashanti Regional branch of the NPP, which organised the demonstration in conjunction with the Movement for Change (MFC) and Let My Vote Count Alliance (LMVCA), wants the EC to clean the register through validation as recommended by the five-member committee set up by the EC itself to look at the issue of whether or not to compile a new electoral roll before the November polls.

 Adiza said the head porters had suffered immensely under the NDC administration led by President Mahama and therefore they, like many other Ghanaians, desired a change of government. According to her, the head porters in the past voted for the NDC during elections but sadly, they had not seen any improvement in their lives “so we want to support the NPP now.”

 Adiza, who was the toast of the large crowd at Abbey’s Park due to her concise remarks, stated that there was no way Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the NPP would lose the upcoming elections.