The New Patriotic Party (NPP) flag bearer, Nana
Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has indicated that there are clear indications the party
will win the December 7 general elections.He, however, urged the party’s
supporters not to be complacent but work hard to ensure resounding
victory.
“The wind of change is blowing everywhere we go. But I beg you,
nobody should think that it is a done deal. We need everybody to vote. Go in
your numbers to vote. If you want change, you have to vote for the NPP,” he
entreated.
The NPP leader was addressing a mammoth Western Regional rally
in Sekondi on Sunday ahead of the polls. It was attended by thousands of party
supporters and sympathizers.
Nana Addo told the supporters that the
governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) had led the country into economic
difficulties that had made the cost of living unbearable.
According to
him, the NPP is the best political grouping that can deliver Ghana from all the
hardships caused by the Mahama-led administration.
Nana Akufo-Addo
assured Ghanaians that he would revive the National Health Insurance Scheme
(NHIS), which has collapsed under the Mahama government, when given the
nod.
According to him, the previous NPP government, led by President John
Agyekum Kufuor, introduced the NHIS to replace the inhumane Cash and Carry
system, adding that over the last eight years, the government has collapsed the
scheme.
Nana indicated that if good health is basic to the survival of
citizens, then good education is also critical to Ghana’s development – the
reason why he proposed the Free Senior High School policy.
“I am coming
to revive and truly implement the Free SHS policy for the benefit of all
Ghanaians,” he assured.
He reiterated his pledge to reintroduce the
teacher and nursing trainee allowances, which had been scrapped by the Mahama
administration.
“President Kufuor did not benefit from oil revenue and
yet was able to pay the allowances. President Mahama, with oil, has canceled the
allowances. I am going to restore them,” he said, much to the delight of the
gathering.
He promised those in the Western Region that the next NPP
government would move the headquarters of the Ghana National Petroleum
Corporation (GNPC) to the region as part of efforts to make the region an oil
hub in the sub-region.
Alan Cash
Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen (aka Alan
Cash), a leading member of the NPP, accused the Mahama administration of
collapsing businesses with its bad policies.
He also lambasted the
government for failing woefully to create jobs for the unemployed youth over the
past eight years.
Alan Cash predicted a massive victory for Nana
Akufo-Addo on December 7, saying that an NPP government would create jobs in
excess.
He urged the unemployed people in the country to rally behind the
party and its flag bearer so that they would win the polls and create jobs for
them.
Ken Cautions
The Member of Parliament for Assin Central in
the Central Region, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, cautioned all NPP polling agents not
to attempt collecting monies from NDC activists on the election day because that
would enable the ruling party rig the elections.
He alleged that the NDC
had planned to bribe polling agents of the NPP with money to allow them change
some of the figures at the polling stations adding, “We will cater for our
polling agents but if you are found to have taken monies from the NDC, we will
deal with you.” |
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