Nana Akufo-Addo waving to the crowd after the press conference
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate, has insisted that President John Mahama has resorted to vote buying in a desperate attempt to hang onto power.
He noted that the president and his wife, Lordina Mahama, who are feeling the political heat, have been visiting the length and breadth of the country lately and distributing cash and sumptuous items just to induce voters.
According to Nana Addo, the president is aware that defeat is starring him in the face because his National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration has mismanaged the country’s economy and impoverished the citizens over the past eight years.
“The president and his wife are busily dashing out goodies and cash to people to vote for them in the impending elections. The NDC has no message so they have resorted to vote buying to retain political power, but it won’t work.”
Speaking at a press conference in Kumasi to round off his campaign in the Ashanti Region yesterday, the NPP leader indicated that the NDC doesn’t have any campaign message to woo voters.
Nana Akufo-Addo stated emphatically that the vote buying mission, which President Mahama and his wife had initiated, is a clear indication that the NDC has failed to deliver on its campaign promise of ‘Better Ghana’ from 2008 to date.
“President Mahama if you claim your administration has performed why are you not campaigning on your achievements but you and your wife, Lordina Mahama, have resorted to vote buying?” the NPP standard bearer quizzed sarcastically.
Jabs
Nana Akufo-Addo descended heavily on President Mahama and his team of communicators for relying on propaganda and blatant lies to confuse the electorate so that they would cast their vote for the NDC on December 7.
He challenged him (president) to campaign on the achievements of the NDC administration if he has any, stressing that the NDC’s propaganda and ‘dirty lies’ cannot secure him electoral victory.
NPP Campaign
According to Nana, since the beginning of its political campaign, the NPP has consistently campaigned on issues and policies, devoid of propaganda and blatant lies, stressing that the party is the obvious choice for Ghanaians.
Nana Akufo-Addo insisted that he and his team of competent men and women have what it takes to turn the fortunes of the country around, noting that the NDC had failed and therefore it doesn’t deserve to occupy the Flagstaff House any longer.
Advice To Voters
The NPP presidential candidate admonished voters to look out for the symbol of the elephant on the ballot paper before they cast their ballots so that they would not make any mistake of spoiling their votes.
He stressed that he is on the fifth position on the ballot paper in the presidential race but the NPP parliamentary candidates are on different positions throughout the country.
The press conference was graced by party bigwigs such as Bernard Antwi Boasiako aka Wontumi, Alan Kyerematen, among others.
Also in attendance were the presidential candidate of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Akwasi Addai aka Odike and Kofi Akpaloo, presidential aspirant of the Independent People’s Party (IPP), who have declared their support for the NPP.
Noise Making Ban
Nana Akufo-Addo said he was supposed to address a mammoth rally in Kumasi yesterday to end his Ashanti Regional campaign tour before the December 7 polls, but the NPP called off the programme because of the ban on noise-making in the region following the death of Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II.
From I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi