LEAD:
Eastern Region!
CROWD:
LISTEN!
LEAD:
N.D.C. family!
CROWD:
LISTEN WELL!
LEAD:
Dem say every step must be climbed—
CROWD:
ONE BY ONE!
LEAD:
But wait a minute...
If every step must be stepped on,
then somebody must answer
one simple question.
They say David must wait.
They say he must climb every step
before he can become Chairman.
But hold on!
David served as
DEPUTY REGIONAL YOUTH ORGANIZER.
Later, he served as
DEPUTY REGIONAL ORGANIZER.
He stayed.
He served.
He learnt the regional party structure.
But when Kevor was
Constituency Youth Organizer,
did he first become
Deputy Regional Secretary?
CROWD:
NO!
LEAD:
Where did he go?
CROWD:
STRAIGHT TO REGIONAL SECRETARY!
LEAD:
Ahhh!
So the ladder had no compulsory
Deputy Secretary step that day?
If a Constituency Youth Organizer
could move straight
to Regional Secretary,
why must David,
who has served as
Constituency Youth organizer
Deputy Regional Youth Organizer
and Deputy Regional Organizer,
be told:
"You haven't climbed enough steps"?
ALL:
ONE LADDER!
ONE RULE!
Don't change the rules
when David is coming through!
ONE LADDER!
ONE RULE!
What was good for you
must be good for David too!
Kevor became Regional Secretary,
the Chief Executive
of the party in the region.
Then parliamentary ambition called.
He resigned as Regional Secretary
and went to Afram Plains South
to contest the parliamentary primaries.
He lost.
But while he was away—
CROWD:
DAVID WAS LEARNING!
LEAD:
While he was pursuing another dream—
CROWD:
DAVID WAS LEARNING!
LEAD:
Working in the regional structure—
CROWD:
DAVID WAS LEARNING!
LEAD:
Standing with the party—
CROWD:
DAVID WAS LEARNING!
ALL:
WHILE HE WAS AWAY,
DAVID WAS LEARNING!
WHILE OTHERS MOVED,
DAVID WAS LEARNING!
STEP BY STEP!
YEAR BY YEAR!
DAVID DAKUDZI
WAS STILL RIGHT HERE!
Then came another opportunity.
After the 2024 elections,
Kevor was appointed to head NETA.
And once again,
he resigned from that position.
Now, comrades,
this is not an insult.
It is a legitimate question
about political consistency.
If someone resigned
as Regional Secretary
to pursue another political ambition,
and later became a Regional chairman
Assumed leadership of NETA and later resigned to contest for chairmanhip position again
then delegates have every right to ask:
When another opportunity comes,
who stays to finish the work?
Who can we depend on
to stay the course?
LEAD:
Who served as Deputy Regional Youth Organizer?
CROWD:
DAVID!
LEAD:
Who served as Deputy Regional Organizer?
CROWD:
DAVID!
LEAD:
Who stayed?
CROWD:
DAVID!
LEAD:
Who learnt?
CROWD:
DAVID!
LEAD:
And while others were away?
CROWD:
DAVID WAS LEARNING!
LEAD:
Who is ready?
CROWD:
DAVID DAKUDZI!
Leadership is not only about
how high you have climbed.
It is also about
how long you stayed,
what you learnt,
and whether people can depend on you
when the road becomes difficult.
David stayed.
David learnt.
David served.
Deputy Regional Youth Organizer—
CROWD:
HE SERVED!
LEAD:
Deputy Regional Organizer—
CROWD:
HE SERVED!
LEAD:
And now David says:
"I AM READY!"
Not because somebody
gave him a shortcut.
Not because somebody
changed the ladder.
But because years of service
have prepared him
for this moment.
ALL:
ONE LADDER!
ONE RULE!
Don't change the rules
when David is coming through!
ONE LADDER!
ONE RULE!
What was good for you
must be good for David too!
LEAD:
WHILE HE WAS AWAY—
CROWD:
DAVID WAS LEARNING!
LEAD:
WHILE OTHERS MOVED—
CROWD:
DAVID WAS LEARNING!
LEAD:
WHO STAYED?
CROWD:
DAVID!
LEAD:
WHO LEARNT?
CROWD:
DAVID!
LEAD:
WHO SERVED?
CROWD:
DAVID!
LEAD:
WHO IS READY?
CROWD:
DAVID DAKUDZI!
LEAD:
Eastern Region...
The question is simple.
If the ladder worked for one,
let the same ladder
work for another.
No double standard!
CROWD:
ONE LADDER!
LEAD:
No changing the rules!
CROWD:
ONE RULE!
LEAD:
David Dakudzi!
CROWD:
READY TO SERVE!
ALL:
WHILE HE WAS AWAY...
DAVID WAS LEARNING!
DAVID DAKUDZI—
IT IS TIME!
ONE LADDER...
ONE RULE...
DAVID...
DAVID...
DAVID DAKUDZI...
IT IS TIME!