According to Nana Akufo-Addo, his trips across the length and breath of the region has made him come to terms with the fact that majority of Ghanaians, particularly from the Volta region, are determined and resolved to cause a change in the leadership of the state, saying, “Nothing can stop the change which is coming.”
Addressing the Volta Regional House of Chiefs, at Ho, to round off his five-day campaign tour to the region Friday, Nana Akufo-Addo was convinced that with the overwhelming and 'unprecedented' reception given him and his party by the people of the region, he can count on the people of the region to help deliver victory to the NPP in December.
The NPP torchbearer was confident that though it an undisputed fact that the New Patriotic Party had not enjoyed much support in the region over the year, what he had experienced, especially in the past days, gave him and the party the hope that indeed, the people of Volta region are leading the agenda for change in the December election.
"But, this time around, I sense a wind of change blowing in our favour. I must confess that the reception we have received from Kpando to Nkonya to Dambai, to Krachi to Kpassa to Nkwanta, and yes to Hohoe has been unprecedented,” Akufo-Addo stated.
He told the chiefs: "I have been in this business of canvassing for votes for a long time and I can safely say that this has been an extraordinary trip. Sometimes on this trip my breath has been taken away by the exuberance and enthusiasm of the crowds. Something tells me that I can dare to hope that this year the message of the NPP is hitting home in the Volta Region, as well as the rest of the country."
He said it was important for the people of the region to support the cause that would lead to restoration of hope in the economy of the country.
According to Nana Akufo-Addo, the NPP has always been of a firm belief that a prudent and a well thought-through policy and message that will unleash the energies of the people, especially their qualities of enterprise and innovation, to build a successful, prosperous economy, is what is needed to cause the change in December.
Nana Addo was emphatic that for the private sector to grow, Ghana needs a strong, efficient public service to serve as an enabler to create the atmosphere to spur on the creativity of the people.
To Nana Addo, the frustrations foisted on the people by the John Mahama-led National Democratic Congress government are not only being felt by the youth alone, as "parents are at their wits ends because their grownup children remain at home and are unable to start their independent lives."
He reminded the chiefs that political parties seek political power simply to improve upon the lives of its people, and after being given the mandate, the people have a right to measure the success or failure of their performance by the improvement or otherwise in the quality of the lives if the people.
According to the NPP flagbearer, though governments are to build roads, bridges, schools, hospitals, airports, among others, they are only of any use if they lead to an improvement in the quality of the people's lives, stressing that infrastructure development should be aimed at improving the quality of the lives of the people.
"All politicians in our country have the same experience and, indeed, that is how it should be, because that is the reality of the everyday lives of our people. However, it is unconscionable to make claims of having built critical roads when the reality is that the people are enduring unimaginable suffering because of the state of the roads," Nana Addo noted.
source: thestateman.com