Press Release
December 12, 2016
H.E. Flt.
Lt. Jerry John Rawlings
Former
President of the Republic
Accra.
Your Excellency,
This is to acknowledge with thanks your letter of
December 10, 2016, with its heartwarming contents.
Our people, as clearly expressed in your letter, are
confronted with huge challenges – unprecedented levels
of joblessness, high costs of living, widespread and
rampant cases of corruption, and deterioration in
governance and in the quality of our health and
education services – which they want addressed.
My goal is to provide effective leadership, which is
honest, competent and determined to deliver, and address
these challenges, so that we can put our nation onto the
path of
progress and prosperity, and, thereby,
improve rapidly the standards of living of Ghanaians.
For this to happen, I would need the unalloyed
support of every Ghanaian, irrespective of their ethnic
group or religious or political affiliation. There can
be no room in such an
undertaking for witch-hunting
or acts of political vendetta or harassment. No member
of the NDC has anything to fear from my future
government.
I am fully committed to pursuing “an anti-corruption
drive across-the board”, as you put it, which will be
fully anchored in the rule of law and strict respect for
due process. That is the best form of security for every
citizen of the country.
Once again, many thanks for your letter of
congratulations.
Warm regards and best wishes.
Yours sincerely,
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
President-Elect
