The 2016 presidential candidate of the New
Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has said he is unperturbed
by the falsehood being churned out daily against his person by operatives and
functionaries of the Mahama government.According to Mr Akufo-Addo,
“knowing full well they (NDC) have lost the December 7 election, they are now
resorting to lies, propaganda, fabrications, and vicious attacks against my
person”.
However, the three-time presidential candidate stressed: “I
remain unshaken in the face of all these attacks. I have not stolen anyone’s
money, neither have I killed anyone. I am not bothered by what they are saying
about me, because they are all lies and acts of desperation. Do not be
discouraged, we are firmly on course for victory.”
Nana Akufo-Addo was
addressing a rally at Nkawkaw, the venue for the NPP’s Eastern regional rally,
on Wednesday, November 30, 2016, when he made these comments.
He revealed
that the NDC propaganda machinery has been put in overdrive, with the aim of
“setting tribe against tribe, and telling Ghanaians that the NPP hates
Northerners, even though my running mate is from the North”.
“They will
say the NPP will drive Muslims, Northerners and residents in Zongo communities
away from Ghana. All these are not true. They are nothing but pure lies,” he
maintained.
Mr Akufo-Addo, thus, urged Ghanaians not to pay heed to the
politics of division and tribalism, which have become the NDC’s stock in trade,
adding: “We are all one people in Ghana. Let us use our energies to push Ghana
forward and stop the divisive talk and reactionary politics.”
He also
appealed to the electorate to vote into office a competent government whose
preoccupation will be to improve on the standards of living of the Ghanaian,
explaining that President Mahama, over the last eight years, has amply
demonstrated that he “cannot do the job, the reason why we are all suffering in
Ghana”.
He added that the real reason for the president’s determination
to stay in office is “because of the perquisites and benefits of office for
himself, his family and close associates”.
For that reason, the NPP flag
bearer indicated: “President Mahama will say and do any and everything to hang
onto power.”
Mr Akufo-Addo wondered why, in the midst of President
Mahama’s claims of having undertaken “unprecedented infrastructural
development”, he continues to wage a campaign of character assassination and the
distribution of freebies to Ghanaian voters, all in his bid for
re-election.
“If truly, you claim to have undertaken unprecedented
infrastructural development in the country, which is pleasing to Ghanaians, why
is the president, together with his wife, going around distributing goodies to
the electorate for votes? Why are they distributing monies, sewing machines and
peddling all sorts of untruths in a bid to gain re-election?” he
asked.
He continued, “There’s a popular adage in Twi, which says ‘a good
thing sells itself’. If Ghanaians are pleased with his work, as he wants us to
believe, why is he (Mahama) not resting easy? Why is he going around the country
trying to buy everyone off?”
Nana Akufo-Addo assured Ghanaians: “I’m not
the type of politician who would come before you and say I would bring a
one-time National Health Insurance Premium, and once in office, I turn my back
on fulfilling that pledge. That’s not the type of job I want to do.
“I
would not promise 200 community day schools in four years, only end up
constructing nine, and with a few days to elections, rush to complete and
commission others for electoral purposes. That is not the kind of work I am
coming to do. I am coming to develop our country and return us onto the path of
progress and prosperity.” |
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