[ 2016-12-06 ]

Accra Comes To Standstill
Business activities literally came to a standstill
in Accra yesterday as the presidential candidate
of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana
Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, brought his year-long
electioneering campaign for the presidency to an
end with a float.

The float took place a day after a successful
rally at the Trade Fair site, La in Accra where
thousands converged for the regional rally.
Nana Akufo-Addo had a hell of time leaving his
Nima residence to embark on what he called the
‘get out the vote’ last-minute push with
ecstatic supporters besieging the gates of the
house.
It took him well over two hours to drive through
the thick crowd that had gathered on the roads
leading to the townships of Nima, Maamobi, Pig
Farm, New Town, Kokomlemle and the Kwame Nkrumah
Circle area.
Hordes of anxious party supporters clad in the
red, white and blue colours of the NPP, followed
his convoy.
The numbers kept swelling up by the minute as
people joined the procession from various
locations.
Everywhere he went, Nana Akufo-Addo was met with
cheers and the ‘change’ sign that has become
synonymous with the NPP’s 2016 campaign amidst
chants of ‘Change is coming’ and ‘Nana
Beba.’ He in turn responded with a wave of
hands.
As some came out of their homes and offices to the
roadside to catch a glimpse of the man and wave at
him, others did so from roof tops.
It was a sight to behold when the NPP standard
bearer got to the Kwame Nkrumah Circle.
People virtually abandoned their wares to cheer
him, as many wanted to shake hands with him.
Some travelers at both the VIP and the Neoplan
stations alighted from their vehicles to cheer
Nana Addo while drivers and road users shouted
‘change!’
Things took an entirely different turn when the
man got to the famous Abossey Okai spare parts
market.
The mere sight of his convoy saw people going
haywire amidst chants of ‘change.’
Nana Akufo-Addo went to Abeka-Lapaz and then
finally rounded up his campaign activities at a
rally at Teshie in the Ledzokoku Constituency
where a mammoth crowd had been waiting for him all
day.
There, he charged the ecstatic crowd and Ghanaians
in general to vote massively for him and the NPP
on Wednesday.

NDC Rally

While the NPP was having a last push for votes on
the streets, President John Mahama led the NDC for
its last rally at the Accra Sports Stadium. He
asked Ghanaians to renew his mandate in
tomorrow’s polls.

This, he said, was the surest way of staying the
course, forge ahead with determination and
consolidate all the gains that the government had
made over the last four years.

According to President Mahama, who appeared as
though he was delivering a valedictory speech,
failure to vote for him meant giving up and
beginning again on another course of which “we
have no guarantee of success.”

The NDC presidential candidate who was addressing
a rally of supporters, said the decision of the
voters would determine the destiny of the
country.

However, conspicuously absent was Jerry John
Rawlings, founder of the NDC, although his name
had been used to publicize the event.

On the credibility of the results, the president
said, “I wish to draw the attention of Ghanaians
to a deliberate attempt to create justification
for disputing the elections. There are political
forces in this country that are intentionally
staging incidents that have not occurred,
reporting falsehood to the international community
in order that when they have lost they will have a
basis to dispute the elections.”

Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, vice presidential
candidate of the NDC who sought to directly match
up to the NPP’s Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s
economic prowess, said he was ready to answer more
questions from the latter.

Source - Daily Guide

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