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After his controversial description of President Mills as impotent, Dr. David Sunu has thrown his weight behind the formation of a new Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings youth grouping-Youth for Action (YfA). Expectedly, YfA seeks to support the �Nana Konadu for President� dream alongside others in the political game which has torn the ruling NDC apart. In a statement signed by Dr. David Sunu and Afari Jones Jnr, Deputy National Coordinators, the YfA explained that only the presidential candidature of Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings (Dr.) on the ticket of the NDC would be the first step to protecting the survival of the NDC, giving more voice to the NDC youth and restoring hope to Ghanaians. The YfA was formed to work closely with young political activists who strongly share in the ideals of the National Democratic Congress, the statement went on. The group seeks to engage NDC youth activists in more meaningful ways, tap into their energies and make them feel cared for. �YfA will lead these youth activists to undertake activities that will help maintain a permanent campaign operation that constantly reconnects the party to voters in order to keep the NDC in government,� the statement said. The YfA, the statement explained, was run by a National Executive Coordinating Team, led by the National Coordinator with ten Regional Coordinators and hundreds of NDC members signing up to be members. Descending on what appears to be the failings of the Mills/Mahama government, the grouping mentioned that �the NDC youth expected the government to activate a well-thought plan to engage party members not only based on their proximity to the higher echelons of power but also on the levels of their qualifications and contributions to the social democratic cause and the campaign.� YfA posed questions such as �where is the strategic plan for the youth? Where is the youth leadership?� adding that youth leadership had been very silent and docile and looking on unconcerned as the NDC youth drift into the regrettable state of despondency and despair. After 2008, the grouping observed that the NDC youth were confident of the return of the values of probity, accountability and justice, to rebuild our society expressing disappointment that �corrupt NPP government officials that we spoke of in 2008, the killers of Ya Na, Issah Mobilla, just to mention a few have not been dealt with. �The question is if an NDC government fails to live up to its core principles and values, then what would be the basis for a 2012 campaign?� they asked. Allowing President Mills to continue to lead the party towards the 2012 elections, the grouping stated, would be suicidal stressing that �a vote for Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings would be a vote for a bold, consistent and philosophically progressive leadership for the NDC, and Ghana.�