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Press Release
Office of Nana Akufo-Addo
October 21, 2014
AKUFO-ADDO CALLS ON
NPP NATIONAL OFFICERS
The 2016 presidential candidate of the New
Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo,
on Tuesday, October 21, paid a courtesy call
on the national officers of the Party to
assure them of his fullest co-operation
ahead of the upcoming 2016 general election.
The meeting, which was held at the Party
Headquarters at the behest of Nana
Akufo-Addo, saw all but two of the Party’s
officers attending, with the Chairman of the
National Council of Elders, Mr. C.K Tedam,
also in attendance.
At the meeting, chaired by NPP National
Chairman, Mr. Paul Afoko, Nana Akufo-Addo
indicated that the sole motive for his
request was to assure the national officers
of his “fullest co-operation, so that the
common endeavour of achieving victory in
2016, and producing a good government come
January 2017 will be realised.”
Nana Akufo-Addo further assured the
executives that “you will find nothing
lacking in me as far as co-operation goes.
We are to work together to change Ghana and
bring about the transformation of our
country. So my main purpose here, this
morning, is to introduce myself to you,
assure you of my fullest co-operation and to
let you know that I am ready to play my part
in the common agenda of victory in 2016.”
Speaking on behalf of the national officers,
Ms. Otiko Afisa Djaba, the National Women’s
Organiser of the Party, congratulated Nana
Akufo-Addo for his emphatic victory in last
Saturday’s presidential primary, stating
that the party has spoken clearly in one
unequivocal voice.
“It is always said that the voice of the
people is the voice of God. It is therefore
the responsibility of all of us to bring NPP
into power in 2016. We have to bury all our
differences and bring the NPP into power,”
she stressed.
On his part, Mr. C.K. Tedam, a veteran
activist of the Danquah-Dombo-Busia
political tradition, advised the gathering
to do everything humanly possible to make
sure the party wins 2016, adding that
“united we stand, divided we fall”, a charge
to Akufo-Addo and the national officers to
work hand-in-hand to ensure victory in 2016.
Giving his concluding remarks, Mr. Paul
Afoko also assured Nana Akufo-Addo that the
entire party machinery will be entirely
supportive of his candidature, with a charge
to the gathering to ensure that true meaning
is given to the ‘unity’ that the party is
seeking.
“This unity we are all talking about, we
must live it and actively work to ensure
that we have the unity. We (national
officers) can assure you (Nana Akufo-Addo)
that we will work together to make sure that
the NPP wins 2016. The NPP has no choice but
to win 2016. The NPP and Ghana cannot afford
another four years of this NDC government,”
Mr. Paul Afoko said.
Nana Akufo-Addo was accompanied to the
meeting by Hon. Frema Opare, former Member
of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon and
former Deputy Minister of Employment and
Social Welfare; Mr. Victor Newman, his
long-time associate and founding member of
the Party; Mr. Francis Asenso-Boakye,
Political Assistant to Nana Akufo-Addo; and
Mr. Eugene Arhin, Media Secretary.
Earlier on Tuesday morning, Mr. Alan
Kyerematen, an aspirant in the just ended
NPP primary, together with members of his
team including Nana Ohene Ntow, Hon. Kofi
Dzamesi, Mr. Moses Osei Bonsu (“Patak”) and
Mr. Philip Longdon, also called on Nana
Akufo-Addo to pledge his and the support of
his team to ensuring that the NPP, with Nana
Akufo-Addo as its presidential candidate,
emerged victorious in the 2016 election.
Nana Akufo-Addo re-echoed statements made by
Alan Kyerematen at the Efua Sutherland
Children’s park to the effect that the
tradition of the NPP has been that “after
competition comes co-operation.”
“The Ghanaian people are expecting a lot
from us. It requires that those of us in the
leadership of the party work together to
fulfil their desires and wishes. Anybody who
knows the two of us knows there is no
difficulty in us working together. We have
done so in the past and I have every
expectation that we will do so again closely
in the future to bring about change in the
country. Ghanaians are desperately looking
for a change and it is up to us to ensure
that they get it,” Nana Addo said.
Eugene Arhin
Press Secretary to Nana Akufo-Addo
Office of Nana Akufo-Addo
21 Ringway Crescent
Ringway Estates
Osu, Accra
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