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News Release
Office of Nana Akufo-Addo
September 09, 2014
I WELCOME
COMPETITION, AKUFO-ADDO DECLARES
“I am not going to worry myself about people
standing down or not. I welcome competition, I have
always welcomed competition. The most important
thing is that, on that day, October 18, the party
must speak emphatically like the party spoke
emphatically on August 31.”
These were the words of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo,
on Monday, September 8, 2014, when he met the 32
delegates from the Upper West Region, who voted in
the Special Electoral College, to thank them for the
100% victory they gave him in the August 31 Special
Electoral College. He expressed his profound
gratitude for the great honour done him, which is
why he made the Region his first point of call in
his Thank You tour.
There have been calls making the rounds urging some
candidates who contested that Special Electoral
College to step down ahead of the October 18 poll,
citing the margin of victory recorded by Nana
Akufo-Addo as indicative of the choice of the party.
However, Nana Akufo-Addo told delegates of the party
that he is solely focused on the October 18
presidential primary and will work hard to secure an
emphatic margin of victory in the contest.
By this, Nana Akufo-Addo explained that “our
opponents will know that the NPP is resolute. This
is the way that we are going and we are determined
to go that way. Nobody should have any doubt about
it. The NPP is determined, united and focused.”
On the claim being made by some persons that the 780
delegates, who voted in the Special Electoral
College, are not representative of the choice of the
grassroots of the NPP, Nana Addo said that “I don’t
know anyone who has a better connection to the
grassroots than constituency chairmen. You are the
people through whom the grassroots filter; you know
what is going on in the grassroots.”
Nana Akufo-Addo recounted the declaration made by
the constituency chairmen of the Region on August 2,
2014, when they assured Nana Akufo-Addo of their
vote because the grassroots had charged them to vote
for Nana.
“Not only did you make the promise, but you
delivered. You will recollect that Sir John used the
phrase ‘fear delegates.’ I will say ‘trust
delegates’, especially when they act in the true
sense of the word”, Akufo-Addo said.
Nana Addo told the delegates that the 100%
endorsement given to him by the region was very
special, as it came from the Region which had
produced founding fathers of the party like S.D
Dombo, B.K Adama, Jato Kaleo, Abaayifa Karbo and
Mumuni Dimbie.
“I understand this vote in two ways. Firstly, the
party is focused and is saying we want power.
Secondly the vote signifies a party that is united.
We are united and will fight to win election 2016.
It is a statement Ghanaians must continue to hear.
We are going to protect our vote, and ensure that
the declaration that will be made will be right. The
country needs an NPP government to restore Ghana
back onto the path of progress and prosperity,” Nana
Addo said.
He assured the delegates that he continues to be in
politics because he believes he has something good
for Ghana, assuring them “it is not for corruption,
I am not coming to steal your money because I am not
interested in that. Neither do I want to make money
for myself or my family. I am in politics because I
have a vision for this country, a vision that will
help transform Ghana and bring prosperity to our
people.” This was met with resounding cheers.
He assured the delegates that, when they repose
confidence in him again, he will assemble a
competent team to revitalise and sustain the
Ghanaian economy, as opposed to the situation where
the country is having to go for an IMF bailout,
after mismanagement by the John Mahama led NDC
government.
Insults have no place in politics
Nana Addo has bemoaned the use of insults by some
personalities in the NPP as a means of scoring
political points, explaining that those who insult
always have usually nothing concrete to say.
“Let’s try and get the insults out of the way.
Disagreements there may be, different opinions there
can be, criticisms are normal. No problem with that.
I am appealing to all of us to put insults out of
our system. We do not want any insults anymore, so
the party can remain wholesome and clean and work
together for victory in 2016,” 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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