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NPP outdoors Flag-Bearer and
Parliamentary Candidates with rally
Kasoa (C/R),
July 13, GNA - The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) on
Sunday held a well-attended rally at Kasoa in the Central
Region to formally outdoor the Party's Flag-Bearer, Nana
Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo and parliamentary candidates for
Election 2008.
Supporters of the Party turned out in their numbers not just
to renew their faith and loyalty, but also to send a strong
signal to the other contesting political parties that, they
indeed have a real battle on their hands.
Clad in party "T" shirts and other NPP paraphernalia, they
started massing on the streets and the rally grounds amidst
dancing to brass band music, beating of the gong-gong,
whistle-blowing and shouting of slogans before noon.
As President John Agyekum Kufuor and the man hoping to take
over from him, come January next year, drove in, the crowd
responded with deafening cheers, waving of flags and
wriggling of waists to the Party's adopted campaign song,
Filippa Barfi's "Go - Go - High".
All the 16 NPP Presidential aspirants, who lost the contest
to Nana Akufo-Addo, were there to demonstrate the unity of
the Party.
President Kufuor, introducing his Party's new Leader, said
the coming poll was about nothing but institutional
leadership, a choice of which political party could provide
the right leadership to help the country to continue on the
path of progress.
The NPP, he said, within the past seven-and-a-half years had
proven to be a party of vision and this has transformed the
fortunes of the nation.
The result has been
that, Ghana was now a model of good governance and has
become the toast of the international community.
President Kufuor also spoke of the massive infrastructure
development that had taken place under the watch of the NPP
Government and expressed confidence that the Party would be
returned to power by the electorate.
He gave high marks to the Government for the job done and
said he did not expect Ghanaians would make the political
mistake of voting for another party to roll back the
progress the country was making.
He called on the people to ignore the propaganda of their
political opponents against the Party's Flag-bearer, adding
that they had intentionally chosen to be silent and to
maintain their cool in the face of provocations for the sake
of national peace and unity.
Nana Akufo-Addo condemned "politics of divide and rule" and
promised that if elected, he would ensure the unity of the
country.
He declared that he was seeking for political power not to
make money for himself but to serve the country and said
Ghana was now on the threshold of prosperity due to the
pragmatic policies of the Kufuor administration. Adding that
his Government would build its achievements to take the
nation forward.
He praised President Kufuor for his exemplary leadership,
dedication and productive work. The economy at long last is
beginning to work and Ghana has become the admiration of the
international community, he said.
Mr Peter Mac Manu, National Chairman, asked the Party's
members to rise above petty differences and to use the
Party's structures for the resolution of whatever problems
they had.
Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama; Mr Allan Kyerematen; Dr
Kofi Konadu Apraku; Mr Yaw Osafo Maafo and Mr Jake Obetsebi
Lamptey, all losers at presidential primaries of Party, were
among the Speakers at the rally.
GNA
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