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Press Release
FONAA, USA
October 28, 2014
FONAA-USA: STRENGTHEN
THE UNITY AND PEACE IN NPP
The United States branch of Friends of Nana
Akufo-Addo (FONAA-USA) congratulates Nana
Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo, on his election as
the Flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party
and retaining Dr Bawumia, the renowned
economist, as his running mate. We also
commend the other candidates and the entire
NPP family for a peaceful election and the
declaration of their unflinching support to
the flag bearer to win the 2016 elections
for the betterment of mother Ghana. The
unprecedented unity and peace in the NPP
today, at the time Ghanaians are demanding a
visionary and transformational leadership,
obviously threaten the incompetent Mahama
government. Expectedly, the Mahama's regime
and its paid cohorts such as the disgraced
Al- hajj and Dede Djaba, mistakenly believe
they can entice Ghanaians with "vote buying"
or seduce Ghanaians into voting for them in
2016 by using deceptive propaganda of
trickery and character assassination to
tarnish the hard earned reputation of Nana
Akufo-Addo. As Franklin Benjamin once said,
“tricks and treachery are the practice of
fools that do not have brains enough to be
honest.”
Despite the empty promises of a “Better
Ghana Agenda” by the NDC and Mahama, there
is a paralysis of leadership under the
Mahama government, which has unleashed
back-breaking social, and harsh economic
hardships on millions of struggling Ghanaian
families today. Many Ghanaians today are
unable to feed themselves, educate their
children, pay electricity and phone bills.
Ghanaians today live under the most corrupt
government, with high unemployment, abject
poverty, unbearably high cost of living,
real insecurity and total breakdown of
health, energy, education, water and housing
services under Mahama's leadership. A recent
Afrobarometer research finds that 76% of
Ghanaians acknowledge that Mahama’s
government has miserably failed to invest in
real developmental programs with proven
benefits to the country. An official of the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) has also
questioned the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)
over the politically manipulated economic
growth rate of 6.9%. It was the second time
the Ghana Statistical Services has been
asked by the Bretton Wood Institute to
correct forged "single digit inflation"
figures to acquire financial assistance.
The Mahama government has moral and trust
deficits with the people of Ghana, and
therefore lacks the requisite credibility
and the necessary capacity to lead the
nation out of the current economic
predicament to prosperity. The struggling
majority of Ghanaians are demanding a
visionary and transformational leadership to
save the country from the clutches of the
social, economic and political hardships
facing the nation today. The NPP, under the
leadership of Nana Akufo-Addo and Dr Bawumia,
offers that hope and leadership. The people
of Ghana have demonstrated remarkable
confidence in the NPP and Nana Addo’s
ability to redeem them because of the
unmatched record of economic and social
progress. The NPP is being called into
leadership; and FONAA-USA believes Nana
Akufo-Addo and Dr Bawumia and the next NPP
administration will not fail the suffering
masses in Ghana. The NPP will promote a
free, just, stable, economically prosperous
and a democratic Ghana void of cronyism,
ineptitude and corruption.
Our ability, however, to competently respond
to the call of duty hinges on our capacity
to unite. We therefore, call upon all NPP
members and all Ghanaians to UNITE and
foster an agenda for social, economic and
political progress for all Ghanaians. With
the presidential primaries behind us, it is
time for all patriots to unite, as we
strategize for the 2016 elections. With a
united front, we are confident we will
restore the social, economic and political
dignities of ALL Ghanaians.
President John Mahama’s poor performance,
reflected in abject poverty, unemployment,
high fuel prices, high electricity bills,
and harsh new phone taxes, clearly
demonstrates that he does not deserve
another term in office. Simply put Mahama
Must GO!!! It will be a mistake to reelect
him in December 2016.
The NPP with proven track record of improved
economic conditions, and sound investment in
health care (thru NHIS), among other
programs can restore economic prosperity,
hope and dignity to the lives of many
suffering Ghanaians under the competent
leadership of Nana Addo and Dr.Bawumia. We
reiterate our call to all Ghanaians to join
hands, and vote the NPP into power in our
collective effort to develop Ghana come
December 2016. LONG LIVE THE NPP, LONG LIVE
GHANA!!!!!
Kofi Nsia-Pepra, PhD
General Secretary, FONAA-USA
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