[ 2016-12-05 ]

Come out and vote for change - Akufo-Addo appeals to Ghanaians
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Presidential
Candidate of the New Patriotic Party, is urging
all suffering Ghanaians to come out in their
numbers on Wednesday, December 7, to vote for him
and his party’s parliamentary candidates, to
translate their burning desire for change of
government into reality.

According to Nana Akufo-Addo, even though the
desire for a change from the incompetent and
corrupt government of the Mahama-led National
Democratic Congress, to a competent NPP
government, is stronger than before, that will
only be achieved if the masses turn out in their
numbers to vote massively on Wednesday.

Making the appeal yesterday, during the grand
rally of the main opposition party at the
forecourt of the Ghana International Trade Fair,
Nana Addo gave the assurance that effective
measures had been put in place to protect all the
votes that would be cast for him and his party’s
parliamentary candidates.

That assurance was a direct response to concerns
by some section of Ghanaians who appear to think
that even if they cast their votes for the NPP,
the governing NDC will rig the polls and so the
true will of the people will not prevail.

“We have learned our lessons from past
experience and so I can assure all Ghanaians that
the votes they cast for us will be secured to
ensure that the change they are seeking becomes a
reality. In this regard, I want to encourage our
polling agents to remain firm on the ground,”
Nana assured Saturday during an interview with
Fiifi Boafo on Oman FM.

He noted at yesterday’s rally: “there is a
strong wind of change blowing behind the elephant
across the country. And we are marching to the
Flagstaff House and I know Ghana is on our side so
we will get there.”

Thanking Ghanaians for the massive support shown
him across the country, Nana Akufo-Addo gave the
assurance that he would never disappoint the
people, but would work in their best interest when
given the opportunity to serve as the president.

“I won’t disappoint you but will use the
wisdom God has given me, my knowledge and
experience to work in your interest and put Ghana
on the path of progress and prosperity. I am not
seeking political power to steal your money or to
loot the national coffers,” Nana Akufo-Addo
stressed.

He added: “the NPP has got the men and women who
will implement our sound policies and programmes
to end the current hardship the nation is going
through due to President Mahama’s poor handling
of the economy. The time to change the hardship is
now. Go out and vote on Wednesday to end the
hardship: the high school fees, the high
electricity bills, etc.”

Nana Akufo-Addo urged the people to ignore all the
vile campaign being carried out by the NDC to
assassinate his character, adding that even though
the governing party would intensify the attacks in
the final hours to the Wednesday polls, he won’t
be perturbed because “I have never stolen
anything or killed anybody throughout my life.”

Mahamudu Bawumia, NPP Vice Presidential Candidate,
told the gathering that the upcoming election is
“a choice between an incompetent government and
a competent government; and a choice between a
corrupt government and an incorruptible
government.”

According to Dr Bawumia, the worse thing that can
happen to the country is an extension of the
mandate of President Mahama and the governing NDC
for another term. He therefore underscored the
need for all Ghanaians to come out in their
numbers to vote for change on Wednesday, “to
usher in a government of the NPP under the
competent and incorruptible leadership of Nana
Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.”

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor said the
December 7 election would be historic, and urged
people to troop to the polling stations in their
numbers with one thing in mind: to change the NDC
and bring in an NPP government led by Nana
Akufo-Addo, and supported by Dr Bawumia.

“When I woke up this morning, I was pondering on
what to say to our supporters today. When I opened
the bible, it took me straight to the book of
Joshua and realized that just as God instructed
Joshua on how he can take the Israelites to cross
Jordan, God has chosen Nana Addo to lead Ghana,”
he said.

According to the former President, even though
Ghana had been put on the path to prosperity by
the previous NPP government, the path had been
reversed in the last eight years of the NDC
government.

“We knew where the economy was when we came into
power in 2000. Now we need the NPP to alleviate
the country from the mess created by the NDC in
2016,” he said.

Source - The New Statesman

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