Patrick Opoku Fofie, popularly known as “Patoo,” the Kwabre East Constituency Organiser for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has officially submitted his nomination forms to contest the Ashanti Regional Organiser position, vowing to prioritise grassroots engagement and retain party voter loyalty across the region.
Speaking to journalists shortly after filing his nomination documents, Mr Fofie outlined his track record in electoral strategy and urged against neglecting dedicated party activists after gaining power.
Highlighting his achievements in Kwabre East, traditionally a stronghold for the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Fofie credited targeted strategic efforts for curtailing the NPP’s dominant vote tally while boosting NDC support in the constituency during the 2024 elections.
”Kwabre East where I come from is a constituency where the NPP could previously garner 85,000 votes,” Fofie stated, adding, “Through our strategies and efforts, we reduced their votes from 85,000 to 67,000 in 2024. We appreciated by 3,000 votes while they depreciated by almost 30,000 votes.”
A central pillar of Mr Fofie’s campaign is protecting the party from internal apathy.
He cautioned that political parties often lose momentum when dedicated grassroots organisers and campaign workers are abandoned after winning elections.
He warned that party loyalists who feel ignored post-election do not necessarily defect to the opposition, but rather withdraw from political participation altogether out of bitterness.
”There are party people who will never vote for NPP, but bitterness will just take them away,” Mr Fofie explained, highlighting, “In 2024, from morning to evening, the constituency chairman and organiser were reaching out to them. They were on motorbikes doing everything possible to ensure NDC won power. But if two years pass and they hear nothing from the party, they decide to stay home. That is what happened to the NDC in 2016.”
He cited his progressive rise through the NDC’s ranks as key evidence of his readiness for regional management.
His political journey began in student politics as President of the Tertiary Educational Institutions Network (TEIN), before advancing to become the Ashanti Regional Organiser for TEIN in 2012.
Over the years, he expanded his operational experience by serving as a local branch executive and working directly as a Personal Assistant to a former District Chief Executive (DCE).
He subsequently stepped into constituency-level executive governance in Kwabre East—the largest constituency in the region—first as Deputy Organiser and ultimately rising to substantive Organiser.
Acknowledging that political mobilisation in the Ashanti Region remains challenging for the NDC, Mr Fofie promised to work closely with the regional chairman and secretary to consolidate gains and expand the party’s voter base.
”If I am voted to be the regional organiser, we are going to put effective measures in place to make sure the party stands strong and keeps all our supporters intact so we do not end up reducing our votes,” he concluded.
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