Sammy Gyamfi, the National Communication Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has tackled criticisms of the National Chairman of the party, Johnson Asiedu Nketia’s ‘Thank You’ tour.
According to Sammy, there is nothing unusual about Asiedu Nketia’s ‘Thank You’ tour as he is not going on a personal capacity but as the chairman of the party.
Speaking in an interview on JoyNews, Sammy Gyamfi detailed, “What is unusual… It is the party; I wouldn’t say the chairman is going on a thank-you tour. Because he’s not going in his personal capacity, he’s going as chairman of the party, and the party is behind him.
I’ve been given another assignment, and I’m sure leadership appreciates it. Of course, the national chairman doesn’t move alone. We have a leader, John Mahama, but he has a government to run, and it’s not everything that he can do. There are many places that the President would have loved to go to thank people, so the party must provide that auxiliary or complementary role”, he added.
Sammy Gyamfi further clarified the source of funding for the tour, saying, “I’ve not spoken to him; I’ve not spoken to the General Secretary, so I wouldn’t know, but I’d be surprised if the party is financing it, because that is usually not the practice. The usual practice is that national officers have to raise funds on their own to finance their activities. It is only a few activities that the party, when it is able, can support.
I cannot tell where the funding for that is coming from unless I talk to the chairman. But the national chairman — I would not be surprised if he’s financing this largely by himself”, Sammy Gyamfi explained.
Meanwhile, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has finally disclosed why he is on a “Thank You Tour”.
The NDC Chairman revealed that his Thank You tour is to appreciate party executives and grassroots organisers for their contributions to the party’s 2024 Election victory.
According to Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the NDC campaign was in three folds, one led by President John Dramani Mahama, another by the Vice President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, and the third by the National Chairman.
Asiedu Nketiah highlighted that while President Mahama focused on the presidential race, he was tasked with steering the parliamentary campaign.
Speaking to party executives and members in the Akuapem North Constituency on Thursday, September 18, 2025, Asiedu Nketia stated, “Indeed, it is true that President Mahama is already thanking Ghanaians in regional capitals. When I was coming, people were saying the president had already thanked us, so what am I coming to do? I told them, during the campaign, the President took his part, and I also took my party, so the places I went to campaign, I informed them after the election, and NDC won, I would come back to thank them. So that is why I am here today”.
Johnson Asiedu Nketiah’s three-day tour, scheduled for September 17 to 19, 2025, will cover 16 constituencies in the Eastern Region.
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