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Yagbonwura, Tuntumba Borisa I, Overlord of the Gonja Traditional Area, has given his full blessings to the NPP Presidential ticket of Nana Akufo-Addo and Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for this year�s December General Elections. The Yagbonwura gave his blessings during a courtesy call on him by NPP vice presidential candidate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, at the Yagbonwura�s Palace in Damongo. The call on the overlord was to round off the seventeen (17) day tour of the Northern Region by the NPP Vice- Presidential candidate Speaking through his linguist, to Dr. Bawumia and hundreds of his subjects gathered, the Yagbonwura said, �I am very happy that you have come here today. I am happy that you have accorded me and my kingdom the necessary respect to seek our support in the task ahead. Do know that you have my fullest blessings and backing. I wish you success and we would continue to pray for you to succeed in this battle. I know what is good when I see it and I won�t waver in supporting and ensuring that the best emerges successful,� he added. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in addressing the Yagbonwura earlier had thanked the overlord greatly for the warm welcome accorded him at the palace. �Chiefs and elders, I am so happy to be here today because I feel I am coming home. I have come to visit my father and I bring you greetings from Nana Akufo-Addo. I also bring you greetings from the Nayiri. The Nayiri reminds me that your late father, Yagbonwura Doshi, was very close to him. As our great Chief knows, we are engaged in a campaign. We are trying to get a mandate for Nana Akufo-Addo and your own son, Albert Kassim Diwura, to represent you in parliament. I have therefore been going round the northern region campaigning but it would not be complete without coming to my father�, he said.