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Press Release
Office of Nana Akufo Addo
October 07, 2014
Everything NDC touches
turns to dust, says Akufo-Addo
Day two of the final phase of
Nana Akufo-Addo’s campaign ahead of the
October 18 presidential primary of the New
Patriotic Party saw him visit the Pru East,
Pru West and Atebubu Amantin constituencies
of the Brong Ahafo Region on Monday, October
6.
Nana Addo, prior to interacting with
delegates in the Pru East Constituency
visited Yeji harbour, where he witnessed at
first hand the plight of fishermen and boat
owners who had queued for days with “Kufuor
gallons” and drums in search of premix fuel.
Visibly frustrated at their inability to
undertake their core business activities,
which predominantly require the use of
premix fuel, residents of Yeji told Nana
Addo that economic activity had slowed down
due to the shortage, resulting largely in
increasing hardships amongst the residents.
Apart from the shortage of premix fuel,
fisherfolk told Nana Akufo-Addo about the
exorbitant prices they have to pay for the
commodity as and when it becomes available,
with a gallon of premix selling at between
GH¢12 and GH¢15 as opposed to the ex-pump
price of GH¢6.
Addressing the 392 delegates, made up of 360
polling station executives, 16 electoral
area co-ordinators, and 16 constituency
executives, Nana Akufo-Addo expressed deep
worry about the mess the country has been
plunged into under President John Mahama.
According to Nana Addo, Ghana, a country
blessed with abundant human and natural
resources, should not be in this current
predicament, adding that “everything John
Mahama and this government touches turns
into dust.”
He noted that prior to the exiting of the
President John Kufuor’s NPP government in
January 2009, a gallon of premix sold at GH¢1.79,
explaining that the shortage of premix and
its attendant price hikes should be placed
solely at the doorstep of the NDC
government, adding that “it is bad
governance that has gotten us this far.”
"Businesses are collapsing, our educational
system is in disarray. When someone is sick,
it becomes a heart-wrenching issue, because
our healthcare system is in a mess. This is
not the Ghana we all want," he stated.
The beauty of multiparty democracy,
according to Nana Akufo-Addo, is that it
presents the Ghanaian electorate with the
opportunity, through the thumb, to vote out
peacefully this non-performing Mahama
government and replace it with a competent
NPP government led by Nana Akufo-Addo come
December 6, 2016.
A government under his leadership, Nana Addo
explained, will ensure the rapid
industrialisation of the Ghanaian economy
and move this nation from a producer and
exporter of raw materials to an economy that
will add value to the country's raw
materials. This, he said, is the sure way of
creating the hundreds of thousands of jobs
needed for the growing masses of unemployed
youth.
To restore Ghana back onto the path of
progress and prosperity, Nana Akufo-Addo
appealed to the delegates to vote massively
for him to send a clear message to Ghanaians
that the party is focused, united behind its
candidate and ready to wrestle political
power from the NDC government.
Pru West promise vote increase for
Akufo-Addo
Nana Akufo-Addo’s next point of call was
Prang, in the Pru West constituency. There,
Nana Akufo-Addo was assured of a massive
increment in the votes he received in the
2010 primary from the constituency.
Pru, it will be recalled, gave Nana
Akufo-Addo a 55% margin of victory in the
2010 presidential primary, with the Pru West
constituency chairman, K.K. Kwarteng,
assuring Nana Akufo-Addo that Pru West will
emerges as one of the highest contributors
of votes to Nana Akufo-Addo in October 18
presidential primary.
“If they (NDC) had persons of the calibre of
Nana Akufo-Addo and Dr. Bawumia in their
midst, there was no way it would have held a
presidential primary to elect a flagbearer,
and in turn, a running mate,” Chairman
Kwarteng said, to a great applause from the
delegates.
Atebubu Amantin follows suit
The delegates of Atebubu Amantin
constituency, through their chairman, Mr.
Edward Owusu, promised to better the 67%
margin of victory they gave Akufo-Addo in
the 2010 presidential primary.
Mr. Edward Owusu together with all the 712
delegates assured Nana Addo of nothing less
than a 95% margin of victory.
Also addressing the delegates, Brong Ahafo
Regional Youth Organizer, Mr. Michael Osei
Boateng, admonished the delegates to
disregard calls being made in certain
quarters for the changing of Nana Akufo-Addo
in favour of another presidential candidate.
“Even President Mahama is backing 72-year
old Alassane Ouattara to lead Cote d’Ivoire
for a second term. Why then do we hear NDC
supporters and some NPP members saying we
should change Akufo-Addo who is 70 years
old? Akufo-Addo has proven to be a visionary
leader, and that is why the NDC have
resorted to stealing his programmes like the
free senior high school policy and the
Northern Development Authority which they
re-named to SADA,” Mr. Osei Boateng added.
Eugene Arhin
Press Secretary to Nana Akufo-Addo
Office of Nana Akufo-Addo
21 Ringway Crescent
Ringway Estates
Osu, Accra
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