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Press Release
Office of
Nana Akufo-Addo
October 13, 2014
NPP CAN CHANGE GHANA
RAPIDLY, AKUFO-ADDO ASSURES GHANAIANS
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured the
people of Ghana that an NPP government,
under his leadership, will transform the
fortunes of Ghanaians and move the country
forward, within a short period, if the
people of Ghana give him the mandate come
the 2016 election.
Addressing delegates of Mampong, in the
Ashanti Region, on Sunday, October 12, 5
days to the October 18 NPP primary, Nana
Akufo-Addo told the delegates that “an NPP
government, under Nana Akufo-Addo, will
provide this country with the leadership
that will transform this nation, bring
prosperity to the masses and ensure that our
youth find gainful employment. I can assure
you that we have the men and women in the
NPP, who can in a short period, move this
country forward.”
“God did not put us on this rich land for us
to be poor. It is bad leadership that is
making us poor. Corruption is what has
brought us this far. The mantra from this
government, when the need arises for
developmental work, is ‘There is no money’.
They have squandered all the money whilst
the masses suffer. We (NPP) want to reverse
this. Help me, support me to ensure we
change Ghana and realise the potential for
which our forefathers, who fought for our
freedom, envisioned for us,” he added.
On the upcoming NPP presidential primary,
Nana Akufo-Addo recounted how previously
only a handful of delegates, 10 per
constituency, were constitutionally mandated
to elect a presidential candidate.
According to him, some leading members of
the NPP believed that such an arrangement
was inimical to the forward movement of the
NPP, because the majority of work to be done
prior to an election was work that was to be
done by the polling station executives.
“We believed that if, truly, we want to know
who the real choice of the grassroots is,
then let us expand the Electoral College to
include polling station executives. Some
vehemently opposed it. However, I was one of
the active campaigners of this proposal to
ensure that you (polling station executives)
were included in the expanded Electoral
College. It was a proud moment for me when
this was done,” he recounted.
He thanked the role played by polling
station executives in the August 31 Special
Electoral College of the party in ensuring
that he was given an overwhelming 80.81% of
votes by the 740 delegates of the party
“During the August 31 Special Electoral
College, a majority of delegates from the
Ashanti Region and indeed across the country
made it clear to me that they were going to
vote for me because you, the polling station
executives, had told them to do so. They
listened to your demand and 81% of the
delegates voted for me. In view of this and
contrary to Sir John’s mantra of ‘fear
delegates’, I can say with all confidence
that ‘I trust NPP delegates’,” Nana Addo
said.
He continued, “It is now your turn. In 2010,
you gave me 79% and I plead with you to, at
least, replicate this feat on October 18. A
massive vote for me will send a clear signal
to NDC that the NPP is solidly united behind
its presidential candidate towards victory
in 2016. That is the message we are also
sending the people of Ghana.”
It is Akufo-Addo’s time – Chairman Wontumi
Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman, Mr. Bernard
Antwi Boasiako, who was also present in
Mampong, recounted how polling station
executives and constituency executives from
Mampong told him, when he was contesting for
the position of Ashanti Regional NPP
Chairman, that they would only vote for him
if he supported Akufo-Addo.
“I used to be a staunch ally of Mr. Alan
Kyerematen. However, it is you the polling
station executives who told me that I should
come and support Nana Akufo-Addo because he
is your choice. Who am I to go against the
wishes of the masses?” he asked.
He stated that Nana Akufo-Addo has remained
loyal to the party, adding that 2016 is
Akufo-Addo’s time
“I have no hatred for Alan Kyerematen or
Hon. Addai Nimo. God has listened to the cry
of the masses who are suffering under the
hardship imposed by President Mahama. God
has, therefore, given Ghanaians ‘Moses’, who
is Nana Akufo-Addo, to lead Ghanaians from
the hardship of ‘Egypt’ to the promise land
God has given Ghanaians,” Chairman Wontumi
said to a loud chants of approval from the
delegates.
He appealed to the delegates from Mampong to
give Nana Akufo-Addo an emphatic margin of
victory so as to send a clear signal to
Ghanaians that the NPP has chosen Nana
Akufo-Addo to lead it to victory.
Present at the event were, amongst others,
Mr. Bernard Antwi Boasiako, NPP Ashanti
Regional Chairman; Hon. Dr. Owusu Afriyie
Akoto, MP for Kwadaso; Hon. Isaac Asiamah,
MP for Atwima Mponua; Dr. Amoako Tuffuor,
member of the NPP’s National Council; Mr.
Thomas Appiah Kubi, Mampong Constituency NPP
Chairman; 15 constituency executives; and
the 525 polling station executives of the
constituency.
Eugene Arhin
Press Secretary to Nana Akufo-Addo
Office of Nana Akufo-Addo
21 Ringway Crescent
Ringway Estates
Osu, Accra
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