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News release
Office of Nana Akufo-Addo
September 15, 2014
“NANA AKUFO-ADDO IS OUR CHOICE
FOR 2016” – OKAIKOI CENTRAL CONSTITUENCY DECLARES
Polling station and constituency executives in the
Okaikoi Central constituency have declared their
unilateral and unflinching support for the
candidature of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ahead the
October 18 presidential primary of the New Patriotic
Party.
Nana Akufo-Addo, who was invited by the constituency
Chairman, Mr. George Commey, to attend a meeting of
polling station and constituency executives in Abeka
Lapaz on Sunday, September 14, was assured a
resounding margin of victory by delegates from the
constituency come October 18, when delegates of the
party will elect a presidential candidate for the
2016 election.
Leading the declaration and flanked by his
constituency executives, Mr. George Commey, Chairman
of the Okaikoi Central constituency stated that “if
Nana is contesting the primary, it is because we
called on him to do so. We declare here today,
September 14, that Nana Akufo-Addo is our choice.
All 16 (constituency executives) are voting for Nana
Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Our electoral area co-ordinators,
together with the polling station executives who are
all present here will vote for you. We will surprise
you with the votes you will receive from Okaikoi
Central on October 18,” Chairman Commey said.
This endorsement was met with loud applause and a
rapturous chorus of “Nana oo Nana”, “No Nana, No
Vote” from the over 500 delegates and NPP
sympathizers gathered at the venue.
Member of Parliament for the constituency, Hon.
Patrick Boamah, in his remarks to the delegates,
indicated that “as a politician, I have done my
survey on the 500 delegates and I know the thinking
on the ground.”
Likewise, he expected the aspirants in the upcoming
presidential primary to conduct surveys on their
chances and also “must be guided by the voice of the
grassroots.”
“You must be convinced, do your survey and ask
yourself what the voice of the people is,” he said,
in reference to the other two aspirants in the
flagbearership contest.
He urged the delegates of the party to revive in
themselves the spirit of volunteerism, as the NPP is
bent on embarking on a “practical campaign” which
will ensure that President John Mahama becomes a
one-term president.
“If you compare Nana Akufo-Addo’s CV and Mahama’s
CV, no one will tell you who to vote for. You will
advise yourself,” Hon. Patrick Boamah said to a
rousing ovation from the delegates.
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, on his part, explained to the
delegates that the “the results of the August 31st
Special Electoral College is a reflection of who the
NPP wants to lead the party. Polling station
executives elect constituency executives, who in
turn elect regional executives and national
officers. Those who voted on August 31 for Nana
Akufo-Addo have said they did so because the polling
station executives asked them to do so.”
“If out of 740 voters, who are largely founding
fathers, constituency chairmen and regional
executives, MPs, National Executive Committee and
National Council members, some 81% voted for Nana
Akufo-Addo, is it not a good indication of will of
the people?” he asked, to which delegates answered
“It is.”
Addressing the delegates also, Nana Akufo-Addo
thanked them, firstly, for the support of the
Greater Accra Region, who gave him a 92% endorsement
in the August 31 contest, and appealed to polling
station and constituency executives to replicate the
feat chalked by the “super delegates” from the
region.
Nana Akufo-Addo recounted how he championed the
expansion of the Electoral College of the party to
include polling station executives, when other
leading lights of the party protested strongly
against the expansion.
“I am happy I did so. You now have the power to
determine who the leads the party into an election
and I appeal to you to vote for me on October 18. I
am number 1 on the ballot,” Nana Addo said.
An NPP victory in 2016, Akufo-Addo noted, will
ensure that Ghana is put back on the path of
progress and prosperity, as opposed to the situation
many Ghanaians find themselves in, where “under the
current handlers of the economy, everything is in a
mess. There are no jobs for the youth, our
healthcare and educational systems are in a mess.”
He appealed to the delegates to heed the call of
Hon. Patrick Boamah and ensure that “we mount a
practical campaign”, explaining that despite the
differences of opinion that may exist in the party
over leadership, after the election of the leader,
“we all rally behind the winner. That is the NPP way
and we must continue to make that the NPP way.”
“Ghana needs the NPP to present, on 7th January,
2017, a government, under the leadership of Nana
Akufo-Addo, that will solve the problems of this
country,” he added.
Eugene Arhin
Press Secretary to Nana Akufo-Addo
Office of Nana Akufo-Addo
21 Ringway Crescent
Ringway Estates
Osu, Accra
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