The 2016 presidential nominee of the New
Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has said he will not stop
appealing for the support and votes of the electorate ahead of the conduct of
the December 7, 2016 elections, as Ghanaians want to rid the nation of the
mismanagement, incompetence, and corruption of the John Mahama
government.Nana Akufo-Addo made this known on Wednesday, October 5,
2016, while campaigning in the Klottey Korle constituency on day 2 of his
three-day tour of the Greater Accra Region.
The NPP flag bearer’s
comments come on the back of remarks made by President Mahama in the Brong Ahafo
Region to the effect that the NPP flag bearer should stop appealing for the
support of Ghanaians. President Mahama also urged Ghanaians not to vote for the
NPP flag bearer, stating: “We are winning and you want Dede Ayew and Asamoah
Gyan to be substituted so a rookie can play? It does not make
sense.”
Nana Akufo-Addo, on his part, while addressing artisans at the
Arts Centre in Osu, stressed: “I won’t stop appealing to Ghanaians for their
vote today, neither will I stop doing so tomorrow.”
According to the NPP
flag bearer, “You (President Mahama), on the other hand, who are destroying this
country, want the people of Ghana to maintain you in office for another four
years? No, that will not happen. That is why elections are held. The people of
Ghana are coming to get rid of you (Mahama) and bring in a competent government
that can do the work for Ghanaians.”
Quoting from the popular Akan adage
which says “If a game will be entertaining, one can tell from its beginning”,
Nana Akufo-Addo stated that Ghanaians from all parts of the country were reeling
from the effects of mismanagement, incompetence, and corruption that have
characterised Mahama’s government, and have come to the conclusion that
President Mahama cannot help improve their living conditions.
“You have
been in high office for eight solid years – four years as vice president, four
years as president. Yet, we are unable to tell what you have done for Ghanaians.
So are Ghanaians going to entrust their mandate to you for another four years?
Definitely not,” Akufo-Addo said.
He assured the gathering: “We are
coming into office to fix our broken monetary system, revive the National Health
Insurance Scheme which has been collapsed by President Mahama, effectively
implement the Free SHS policy, and help create jobs through the
1-District-1-Factory policy, amongst others.”
Akufo-Addo continued: “All
these policies are things I can do. This is why I am emboldened to come before
the Ghanaian people and tell them that, God-willing, when I win, I am coming
into office to implement these policies, so we can return Ghana onto the path of
progress and prosperity.”
Tour of Ayawaso Central
Prior to his
tour of the Klottey Korle constituency, Nana Akufo-Addo campaigned in the
Ayawaso Central constituency, where he interacted with business owners,
residents, and NPP members and sympathisers.
His tour of the constituency
took him to Alajo, Kotobabi ‘Trotro’ Station, Newtown Post Office, Mallam Atta
market and ‘Tip-Toe’ Lane, at Circle.
Accompanied by the MP for the
constituency, Henry Quartey, who is also the NPP’s parliamentary candidate for
the constituency; former Greater Accra Regional Minister and former MP for
Ayawaso Central, Sheikh I.C. Quaye; NPP Greater Accra Regional Chairman, Ishmael
Ashitey, and his regional executives, amongst others, Nana Akufo-Addo assured
constituents of an improvement in their living conditions when, God-willing, he
wins this year’s elections.
At Tip-Toe Lane, widely acknowledged as the
capital’s mobile phone wholesale and retail hub, Nana Akufo-Addo, who was
mobbed, assured business owners that his government, God-willing from January
2017, would provide a conducive and enabling business environment needed for
their businesses to flourish.
With the major concerns of business owners
at Tip-Toe Lane being the unstable nature of Ghana’s currency, high interest
rate charges from banks, as well as high import duties at the ports, they told
the NPP flag bearer that these problems posed serious challenges to the survival
of their businesses.
The NPP flag bearer assured: “We, in the NPP, are
coming to change Ghana and ensure that our monetary system is solid, so that we
can have a stable currency. When this happens, you, as business people, and your
businesses will grow.”
However, to ensure that this happens, Nana
Akufo-Addo appealed to the businessmen and women at Tip-Toe Lane to support his
bid for election in this year’s polls, stating: “I need your support. Have
confidence in me, and I assure you that I will never disappoint
you.”
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