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Press Release
Office of Nana
Akufo-Addo
August 13, 2014
Akufo-Addo rounds up
voter registration monitoring exercise
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, August 12,
rounded off his tour of some registration centres in
the ongoing limited voter registration exercise with
a visit to the Upper West Akim, Nsawam-Adoagyiri and
Abuakwa South constituencies in the Eastern Region.
At Dobro, in the Nsawam-Adoagyiri constituency, Nana
Akufo-Addo called on the Chief of the town, Nana
Agyare II, as a mark of courtesy, before visiting
the registration centre. This has been a key feature
of Nana Akufo-Addo's tour in the regions he has so
far visited in the monitoring exercise.
Nana Agyare II thanked Akufo-Addo for his visit to
Dobro, a gesture he described as "an honour to Dobro".
"We need you, we desperately need you. The entire
citizenry of Dobro are behind you. The hardships,
rising cost of living and high levels of
unemployment are too much for us to bear. Whatever
we will do in 2016 to ensure that you win the
election, we will do it. The youth of this town are
all looking up to you to rescue them from mess the
nation finds herself in," Nana Agyare II said.
Re-echoing the sentiments of their Chief, hundreds
of youth shouting "Nana oo Nana", "Nana we need
you", "No Nana, No Vote", moved with Nana Akufo-Addo
to the Dobro L/A primary school registration centre,
the first centre he visited.
The NPP agents, at the centre, revealed that 6
minors had attempted registering at the centre that
morning, but were prevented from doing so by the NPP
agents and EC registration officials. This,
according to them, was the only negative development
at the centre since the commencement of the
registration exercise.
At the Wesley Methodist Church registration centre,
at Nsawam, Mr. Michael Berko, the NPP agent at the
centre, told Nana that a total of 109 persons had
been registered since August 3. Additionally,
eligible voters had largely presented passports,
drivers license and the national ID cards as proof
of their eligibility.
The Densuso registration centre, at Adoagyiri, was
the last centre visited in the constituency. But for
the minor hitch of 14 registered voters who had not
received their voter ID cards due to what EC
officials describe as "printer failure", NPP agents
and EC officials told Nana Addo that the process had
been smooth.
Nana Akufo-Addo then proceeded to the Upper West
Akim constituency, where he visited the Asuaba
Presby Primary and Okurase L/A Primary registration
centres. Just as he has done in all centres visited,
Nana Addo thanked the NPP agents for the work they
are doing for the party, and, in particular,
reminded them to remain vigilant and ensure that
only eligible voters find their names in the voter
register "in these last days."
At the Okurase market, Nana Addo addressed residents
and urged those who had still not registered to do
so before the end of the exercise on Wednesday,
August 13.
Acknowledging the difficult times Ghanaians are
facing due to the bad governance of President Mahama
and his administration, Akufo-Addo assured them of
prosperity and progress when the NPP, with him as
President, is returned into office in 2017.
Rounding off his tour of the region, Nana Akufo-Addo
visited 3 registration centres in Akyem Asafo,
Asiakwa and Kyebi, all in the Abuakwa South
constituency.
At the Asafo Presby L/A primary registration centre,
Akufo-Addo was informed that 140 odd people had
registered. Likewise at the Asiakwa Supong and Kyebi
Experimental registration centres polling agents and
registration officials, they explained to Nana
Akufo-Addo that the process had been smooth with no
incidents having taken place.
Nana Akufo-Addo was accompanied on his tour by
Kwasi Amoako-Atta, MP for Atiwa West; Frank
Annoh-Dompreh, MP for Nsawam Adoagyiri; Samuel Atta
Akyea, MP for Abuakwa South; Kiston Akomeng Kissi,
Eastern Regional NPP Chairman; Alhaji Umar Bodinga,
Eastern Regional NPP 1st Vice Chairman; Nana Fredua
Ofori-Atta, Eastern Regional NPP 2nd Vice
Chairperson; Kwame Appiah Kodua, Eastern Regional
NPP Organiser; Jerry Osei-Poku, Eastern Regional NPP
Youth Organiser; and some NPP constituency chairmen
from the region.
On Thursday, August 14, Nana Akufo-Addo will resume
his campaign for the flagbearership of the party
beginning from the Eastern Region.
Eugene Arhin
Press Secretary to Nana Akufo-Addo
Office of Nana Akufo-Addo
21 Ringway Crescent
Ringway Estates
Osu, Accra
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