Mr. Mike Eghan, the man in charge of the war chest of the Convention People's Party (CPP) has told DAILY GUIDE that as far as campaign cash is concerned, his party was ready to give the NPP and the NDC, a good run for their money during the 2008 election campaign. Contrary to the opinion held by many Ghanaians that the CPP was cash-strap Mr. Eghan, the CPP National Treasurer, told the paper that his party was not bankrupt, and had enough money in its coffers to contest and win the 2008 elections. When asked how much money the CPP had in its coffers to make it sound so confident, Mike Eghan said he was not prepared to mention a precise figure. He however, disclosed that "the amount of money one would need to wage a successful campaign comes in the minimum range of $5 million and above. If you want a better impact then you double it to $1O million. I cannot tell the public how much we have now but we have the money to run the campaign and win the election." Throwing light on how the CPP suddenly came by such an amount, considering that the party during the last election ran a very pitiful and poorly financed campaign, the Treasurer said over the paSt 16 years that he had been in the party, never before had the CPP been so passionate to raise funds for its campaign. He said currently, the CPP was not only targeting huge amounts of money from rich individuals but was also receiving small amounts of money from a lot of people. "It is hard work, commitment, dedication and selflessness, discipline and God'S grace that are helping us. We have also targeted people within and outside the party who are giving us money. "They are not giving us billions in one day but small amounts of money here and there, and this is a lot of money that is generating a whole lot of interest and activity in the CPP because as you know, little drops of water form a big ocean and gradually our ocean is getting bigger. "There are also people who are sitting on the fence and would want to invest in the candidacy of a good messenger, and this time round, the CPP has the best messenger in the person of Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom. "We also have the best vehicle which is the new CPP, and we carry the best message which is simply to put the Ghanaian in the centre of the developmental agenda of the country," Mike Eghan said. He was confident that the CPP, this time round, would not run a "mobrowa" campaign: "We would run a modern campaign that suits contemporary Ghanaian politics. There would be TV and Radio commercials, giant screen and digital billboards, and all the things the other parties did in the past that we were unable to do as a result of a lack of funds. "The campaign would be very active, loud and vibrant all over the country. It would be in the towns, cities and villages. Already we've had a few Commercials on radio and TV. We are moving away from that poor unattractive style of campaign. We have money enough in our kitty to promote that agenda," he said. He debunked the assertion that the New Patriotic Party, being an incumbent gvernment, could use state machinery to bully the CPP in the prelude to the election. "If incumbency was a serious threat, the NPP would not have won the 2000 election. The NDC was the incumbent by then and they had all the money and the state machinery at their disposal. By then the NPP was fortunate to have a good message which Ghanaians were ready to buy. "I am saying it is not just the money. We have an excellent message and an excellent candidate and that is what would make us win," he said. Mike Eghan continued: "Now, the Ghanaian psyche is that we have seen the NDC for eight years. We are now seeing the NPP, and at the end of the year it would have been eight years. "Must we continue to trust these people or must we find an alternative, and this is where our message and our vehicle are so important. The CPP track record is there for all to see. We created jobs. We created work and happiness. This is our message. Dr. Nduom, I say is the best candidate. He alone as an individual has created over 500 jobs for people as a private person so when he is the President of the country, can he not multiply this figure in thousands of thousands? "In the CPP times, we had all the factories that gave jobs to the people. Now all these factories have either been sold or closed down. These factories need to be revived and when it is done, it would create jobs for the people. It would be work and happiness. "I also believe the Ghanaian is looking for a product. In the past two, three elections, the market was not there for the CPP, Now Ghanaians themselves are looking for the CPP product. We are only to package it well and hand it over to them," he added. Source: Daily Guide