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AKUFO-ADDO RECONCILES UPPER
EAST NPP
The 2016 Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic
Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has moved to
reconcile constituency and regional executives, as
well as several youth groups, sympathetic to the
party, after seeming divisions emerged in the wake
of the tragic death of the late Alhaji Adams Mahama,
former Chairman in the Upper East Region.
It will be recalled that the murder of the late NPP
Chairman triggered, in its wake, an avalanche of
events which resulted, amongst others, in some
regional executives of the party being classified as
“persona non-grata” by some members belonging to NPP
youth groups, who believed that these executives
were against Adams Mahama.
However, after the Adua held for Adams Mahama at the
Jubilee Park in Bolgatanga, on Sunday, June 7, 2015,
Nana Akufo-Addo held discussions with NPP executives
and the four major “youth bases” in Bolgatanga, a
move described by party faithful as leading to the
restoration of peace and brotherliness to the NPP in
the Upper East Region.
Together with members of his team, the NPP leader,
first, met all 15 constituency chairpersons. He
listened to their grievances and assured them of his
continued support for the region in these difficult
times. The chairpersons, in turn, pledged to
continue with the plans laid down by the late Adams
Mahama, which included annexing at least 8 out of 15
seats in Parliament from the region, and also
ensuring that Nana Akufo-Addo’s share of votes in
the 2016 presidential election increases
significantly in the region.
At the same venue, and after meeting the
constituency chairpersons, Nana Akufo-Addo met with
13 out of the 15 regional executives, including
those who had gone into hiding after the death of
Adams Mahama, after being accused by some irate
party youth of working against the late Chairman.
In the meeting, Nana Akufo-Addo stated that his main
priority was the guaranteeing of the security of all
the regional executives, as well as ensuring
togetherness amongst the executives prevailed. This,
according to him, is the only way the Party can
prosecute a successful campaign in memory of the
late Chairman.
After his meeting with regional executives, Nana
Akufo-Addo visited all the four pavilions of the
main youth groups in Bolgatanga, namely, Holland
Base, Atlantic Base, Zongo Youth Association and
Dazoota Youth, with the same peace and
reconciliation message.
By unanimous acclaim, in the four separate meetings
held by Nana Akufo-Addo with the youth groups, they
all agreed to work with the regional executives and
help them prosecute a successful campaign in honour
of their hero, Chairman Adams.
All in all it was a wonderful act of leadership by
Akufo-Addo in reconciling a very pained and angered
region.
The party in the region was most grateful to its
presidential candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo, and pledged
to deepen the process of peace and reconciliation to
continue with the work of winning 2016.
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