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President Kufuor asks Ghanaians to vote for Akufo-Addo
Sunyani, Dec. 16, Ghanadot/GNA – President John Agyekum
Kufuor has appealed to Ghanaians to vote massively for Nana
Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo, New Patriotic Party (NPP)
presidential candidate, in the presidential run-off on
December 28, to enable the party to continue to build on the
country’s development fortunes.
He said the NPP Government, under his leadership had
achieved so much for the country and Nana Akufo-Addo was
capable to lead Ghana to a middle-income status.
President Kufuor was speaking at an encounter with
journalists in Sunyani, as part of a tour of the Brong Ahafo
Region, to express his appreciation to the people for
supporting him during his almost eight years in office.
He said “Nana Akufo-Addo has served as Attorney General and
Minister of Justice and Minister of Foreign Affairs in my
government and I know his capability to build on the solid
foundation that my government has been able to lay for the
country’s progress.
President Kufuor said the election would be a referendum on
the eight years rule of his government and voting massively
for the NPP would be in appreciation of what NPP had done
for the country.
He thanked Ghanaians for ensuring peaceful elections on
December 7, even though isolated incidents in some areas
snuff out the tension that built up before the elections
that there would be mayhem and confusion.
President Kufuor expressed regret that some people were
issuing threats and warnings as well as circulating false
information about him and the NPP and urged Ghanaians to
dismiss such actions and not to allow these to intimidate
them.
He cited that a chief who is a prominent farmer in northern
Ghana had had his large farm burnt down whilst the life of a
religious leader in Accra had been threatened.
President Kufuor said “The country is out of such intrigues
and Ghanaians should not allow such violence to rear its
ugly head again”.
He said that during the eight years of NPP government in
office no one was arbitrarily arrested or detained in the
country.
President Kufuor described as false a document being
circulated by some unidentified persons in the country that
he had amassed 998 billion Ghana cedis at the Prudential
Bank.
He said “It can never be true. Even Ghana’s whole cocoa and
gold earnings in the year cannot amass this colossal sum and
the bank itself will confess that it does not have the
capacity to have this sum. It is the work of some people who
want power by all means”, he said.
President Kufuor urged Ghanaians to be vigilant against such
intrigues “because we are too enlightened to be hoodwinked
by such lies and threats”.
He said Ghana had been touted by the global community as an
epitome of peace and progress in the world and especially in
Africa and urged Ghanaians to remain steadfast and vote
wisely in the presidential run-off “so we can enjoy the
peace and harmony.
President Kufuor said that the
NPP Government had placed the country’s economy on a sound
footing and had achieved strides in education, health and
other sectors of the economy, adding the government had
since independence received the greatest foreign support and
assistance.
He mentioned the construction of roads, Bui Dam and the oil
find and urged Ghanaians to reflect on such good works of
the government and vote for the NPP presidential candidate
in the run off.
GNA
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