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Press Release
NPP
March 28, 2016
“CRUDE PROPAGANDA
AGAINST ME WON’T WORK”, SAYS NANA AKUFO-ADDO
The 2016 presidential
candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa
Akufo-Addo, says Ghanaians have seen through the
deliberate, false propaganda being employed by his
political opponents, in their desperate bid to tag him
as a violent person in the run-up to this year’s
election.
Nana
Akufo-Addo noted that because of the absence of a
convincing electoral message and a solid record of
performance, coupled with widespread corruption and
unprecedented levels of economic difficulties and
hardships, political opponents have resorted to the use
of vitriolic attacks and lies against his person in
their bid to score cheap political points, so as to win
elections.
The
NPP flagbearer’s comments come in the wake of deliberate
ploys by functionaries and activists of the Mahama-led
NDC government to denigrate the image of Nana
Akufo-Addo, over the recent arrests of 3 South African
security experts who were providing training for the
security detail of the NPP presidential and vice
presidential candidates.
“Everyone in Ghana will
attest to the fact that I am a very patient man.
Patience is one of my characteristics. I am not and have
never been a violent person. Opponents, for their
selfish political interests, spew out falsehoods all in
their bid to smear my reputation. It has not worked and
it will not work, because Ghanaians have seen through
the lies,” he said.
Nana
Akufo-Addo added further that “If I was truly a violent
person, in 2012 I could perhaps have caused an inferno
to engulf the nation in the aftermath of the disputed
election results of 2012, and the close nature of the
Supreme Court’s election petition verdict. I love Ghana
more than myself, and that is why nothing of that sort
happened.”
Regarding the call for a peaceful 2016 poll, the NPP
flagbearer assured that if there are to be any
disturbances in the country during and after the conduct
of the general elections, it would not be initiated or
instigated by the NPP.
“The
NPP is a firm believer in democracy. The founding
fathers of our political tradition, some of whom died
bitterly and tragically in prison without trial in
defense of their principles, fought for multi-party
democracy. We, the adherents of this tradition, will not
be the ones to undermine democracy. We will surely
educate our supporters, but we will not allow anyone to
cheat us. That will never happen,” he added.
Nana Akufo-Addo made this
known when he paid a courtesy call on the newly
installed Paramount Chief of the Kumawu Traditional
Area, Barima Sarfo Tweneboa Kodua.
The NPP leader, who was in
the company of national and regional party stalwarts, as
well as some Members of Parliament, congratulated Barima
Sarfo Tweneboa Kodua on his ascension to the stool of
Kumawu, as well as Nana Serwaa Amponsah, Queenmother of
Kumawu, for her role in selecting him and bringing the
protracted chieftaincy dispute there to an end.
Touting the credentials of
the new Chief, who worked as a medical doctor in Pramso,
in the Bosumtwe district, Nana Akufo-Addo was confident
that the reign of Barima Sarfo Tweneboa Kodua, who has
taken the stool name of one of the great figures of
Ashanti history and who excelled in the medical field,
which included the setting up of an eye clinic, would
see unprecedented levels of development in Kumawu.
“I
am confident about the future of Kumawu, and I am
certain that rapid progress will come to Kumawu under
your leadership,” he added.
Nana
Akufo-Addo, in concluding, requested that the Chiefs and
people of Kumawu pray earnestly for Ghana, considering
the current economic difficulties and hardships the
country currently finds herself in, under the leadership
of President John Mahama. He asked also asked for
prayers for the peace, stability and unity of the nation
in this crucial election year.
“When you pray, pray for your servant, Nana Addo Dankwa
Akufo-Addo. Pray for strength, courage, wisdom and a
good heart so I can be a good leader for the NPP, and
for Ghana, if God so wills. Ghana deserves much better
that what is currently on offer. Our fore fathers had a
vision of what Ghana ought to be, and our current state
is nowhere near what Ghana should be,” he added.
Barima Sarfo Tweneboa Kodua, in his brief remarks to the
NPP flagbearer, thanked him for the courtesy of his
visit to the palace and for his kind words. He
encouraged Nana Akufo-Addo to remain patient and seek
the face of God in his quest for the highest office of
the land.
Accompanying Nana Akufo-Addo were the NPP National
Women’s Organiser, Otiko Afisa Djaba; NPP Ashanti
Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako; former MP for
Offinso North and former Minister of Trade and Industry
under President Kufuor, Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku; NPP MP
for Kumawu, Hon. Philip Basoah; NPP MP for Bantama, Hon.
Kwabena Kokofu; NPP Ashanti Regional Secretary, Sam
Pyne; Acting NPP Ashanti Regional Organiser, Stephen
Amoah; Daniel Kwasi Adusei, former NPP Constituency
Chairman for Kumawu; Campaign Aides to Nana Akufo-Addo,
Iddrisu Musah Superior, Pius Enam Hadzide and Charles
Nii Teiko Tagoe; amongst others.
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