United Democratic Party: Drawing Strategies To Woo Electorate

The party has developed programmes tailored at helping the poor as a strategy of wooing supporters

As future legislative and municipal elections are drawing nearer, the United Democratic Party (UDP) of El Hadj Lawan Bako  is reflecting and putting in  place strategies not only to participate but more importantly to win seats in the elections.
Twenty five years after inception, the United Democratic Party (UDP), is an inspiration for resilience and survival in a nation where many political parties die at birth while others only exist on press releases. The party features prominently at most national events. In effect, away from presidential elections, the UDP party has been part of virtually all legislative and municipal elections in Cameroon. It has always featured prominently in National day events at its Bamenda birthplace and neighbourhoods of  Boyo  and Bui Divisions where they register a significant following. The party stands solidly by the unity of the nation and justice for all as the way forward for peace, togetherness and development.  “We are strong and alive because we are consistent and what we said yesterday is true for today and tomorrow,” UDP chairman, El Hadj Lawan Bako told Cameroon Tribune.
In the short and long of it, the UDP’s Family Support programme impresses.  “In Cameroon, the UDP is the only party that is very close to and feels  for the family. The Family Support Programme started in 2005  and we have been at the service of the poor, disabled  and needy with basic togetherness needs,” the party chairman said. The UDP has been  impacted...