National Youth Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), George Opare Addo, popularly known as Pablo, has described the party’s National Tertiary Education Institutions Network (TEIN) Conference as an emotional milestone as his tenure as youth organiser draws to a close.
Addressing delegates at the conference, Mr Opare Addo reflected on his years of service to the party, expressing gratitude to comrades and supporters who contributed to his journey.
“This is not just another gathering of leaders, activists and comrades. This is my last TEIN conference as your National Youth Organizer,” he said.
He said the occasion had prompted him to reflect on the relationships, sacrifices, challenges and victories that had defined his time in office.
“And when we call our charter as coming to an end, it begins to remember the . You remember the faces. You remember sacrifices. You remember the sleepless nights, the difficult conversations, the disappointments, the victories and those moments when all you had was faith that tomorrow will be better than today,” he said.
Mr. Opare Addo acknowledged that his achievements as National Youth Organiser were made possible by the collective efforts of party members and activists across the country.
“So today before I say anything else, I want to say well done. I did not beer this journey alone. And I will never claim I did,” he said.
He paid tribute to party faithful whose contributions, he noted, often went unrecognised despite their importance to the NDC’s activities and achievements.
“Every victory we celebrate today has a fingerprint countless comrades whose names we may never or may never appear in the newspapers, whose pictures may never be taken at our biggest events and activities, but who sacrificed, perennially written into the history of this party,” he said.
The outgoing youth organiser also recalled the early days of his tenure, which began in 2018, and the role of a party colleague in the development of the NDC’s Green Army.
He recounted how a meeting with the colleague, who was then a regional secretary, inspired discussions about creating a distinct identity for the party’s youth and women’s wings.
“I remember one afternoon, he was very regional secretary and I just assumed office in 2018 as the National Youth Organizer. He called me and said, Pablo, I want us to meet. I went to his office and I saw something there. We can change the narrative,” he said.
Mr. Opare Addo said the meeting helped lay the foundation for what became known as the Green Army.
“And that was the birth of the Green Army,” he said.
The TEIN Conference serves as a platform for NDC student members from tertiary institutions nationwide to discuss party affairs, political organisation and youth participation in the party’s activities.
The conference brought together NDC student members from tertiary institutions across the country, alongside party executives, government officials and other dignitaries, including NDC National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, Director General of National Service Authority Dela Seddoh, National Youth Authority Chief Executive Officer Osman Abdulai Ayariga, amongst others.
