A former spokesperson to ex-Finance Minister Dr. Kwabena Duffuor and the first African elected President of the World Universities Debating Council, Antonio Edem Asinyo, has announced his intention to contest for the position of Deputy National Youth Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
In his announcement, Mr. Asinyo said the story of the NDC is anchored on the sacrifices of its youth: young people who refused to be broken by systems of greed and corruption and devoted their best years to a movement of change.
He described them as united by a shared love of country and a hunger to see Ghana work for the least among its people.
“Those treasured values of social solidarity, probity and accountability were forged by the vision of patriots and passed across generations,” he said, adding that the same tradition of service leads him to make this announcement.
His involvement with the party began as a high school student, when he joined the NDC Youth Forum, which met weekly at Kuku Hill.
He later joined the youth team that campaigned for the election of President Mills, alongside young party members who would go on to serve Ghana at the highest levels.
Through TEIN, he organised students across campuses including the University of Ghana, Legon, UPSA and Accra Polytechnic.
That commitment carried him into public service at the Ministry of Information and later the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He also earned the trust of some of Ghana’s most respected leaders, serving as spokesperson to Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, former Governor of the Bank of Ghana and former Finance Minister.
In the private sector, Mr. Asinyo led operations for an agribusiness venture and currently coordinates external communications and media relations in the mining sector.
On the international stage, he helped build debate and youth leadership programmes across Ghana’s universities.
He was eventually elected President of the World Universities Debating Council in Cape Town, becoming the first African to hold the position. As a Chevening Scholar, he studied Communication for Development at the University of Reading.
He said all these experiences have been in service of one goal: preparing young people to lead and leading the change he seeks.
“Before trusting a leader’s word, look at what they have done,” he said, describing his life’s work as a pursuit of a youth-centred vision that puts people before politics, in fidelity to the founding values of the NDC.
Mr. Asinyo is now seeking the support of delegates as he throws his hat in the ring for the Deputy National Youth Organiser position.
