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Members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) clinging on the hope that the abysmal performance of the current government in some sector of the economy, guarantees them victory in 2016, have been tasked to revise their notes by their flagbearer, Nana Akufo Addo.

Nana Akufo Addo believes his ascension unto the presidential throne would not be based on the failure of President Mahama but rather, on the collective effort of members of the NPP.

He made these comments when some newly elected parliamentary candidates paid separate courtesy calls on him formally to introduce themselves to him, after their respective victories in the parliamentary primaries.



Below is a copy of his statement

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, has admonished members of his party to be mindful of the fact that the failings of President John Dramani Mahama and his National Democratic Congress government does not automatically guarantee victory for the NPP in the 2016 polls.

According to Nana Akufo-Addo, despite every sector of the Ghanaian economy being on a downward spiral, coupled with the worsening standards of living of Ghanaians, “President Mahama and his government will do everything possible to cling onto power.”

In view of this, and to ensure victory for the party in 2016, the NPP flagbearer is urging all members of the party to be guarded constantly by the need for unity of purpose to exist amongst the rank and file of party, whilst, at the same time, working hard in their respective polling stations and constituencies.

Nana Akufo-Addo made these comments when newly elected parliamentary candidates from the Juaben constituency, on Tuesday, August 4, and Okaikoi North and Assin North constituencies, on Wednesday August 5, paid separate courtesy calls on him formally to introduce themselves to him, after their respective victories in the parliamentary primaries.

“We should not think that because of the mismanagement of the Ghanaian economy, and the incompetence being displayed by this NDC government, the NPP will have an easy ride to power in 2016. The NDC is only interested in the next election and what they can get for themselves whilst in office, and will, therefore, not go down ‘without a fight’. They are not bothered about the suffering of the ordinary man,” Akufo-Addo said. 

He continued, “We have a lot of work to do as a party, if victory is to be ours in 2016. Our victory in 2016 will not be an NPP victory, but victory for Ghana. The party in your constituency is looking up to you, the newly elected candidates, for leadership. Make your fellow aspirants who were not successful, a part of your campaign, and you can be assured of victory.”

To every polling station and every household in their constituencies, he urged the parliamentary candidates to send the NPP’s message of hope, progress and prosperity for all Ghanaians under an Akufo-Addo government. “The NPP is coming back because we have a plan to develop this country, so we can bring progress and prosperity to all parts of Ghana.

We are coming so the young people of our country can get work to do. We have the men and women who can give this country a first class government, because Ghana is entitled to be a prosperous nation, not a poor country,” he added.

In concluding, Nana Akufo-Addo admonished the gathering, and indeed all NPP members, to desist from always resorting to the use of the media in airing out grievances pertaining to internal party issues. “We in the NPP, these days, always want to be in the news. We are always running to the media with our internal issues. Let me emphasise this once again.

If there are things you have to say which are critical in nature, please let’s do so indoors. We must move away from always sending all our problems to the radio and the newspapers,” he said. Parliamentary candidates assure Akufo-Addo of victory Hon. AmaPomaaBoateng, the incumbent Member of Parliament for Juaben, who was retained in her primary, assured Nana Akufo-Addo of her determination to ensuring that the 22,314 votes he obtained in the 2012 election, representing 74.64% of the valid votes cast, is increased substantially in 2016.

The NDC’s quest of obtaining 1 million votes in Ashanti Region, she added, is nothing more than a mirage which will never materialise in 2016. Mr.IssahFuseini, the NPP’s candidate for Okaikoi North, told the NPP flagbearer that he was focussed on ensuring the fostering of unity in his constituency.

This unity, he stated, was evident in the presence of his fellow competitors, Kenneth Agyei Kuranchie and Amorkor Boateng Amponsem, who, he said, are working with him for NPP victories in both the presidential and parliamentary elections. “I am a Zongo boy, who works with a private equity firm, and as such I am able cut across all segments of constituents in Okaikoi North.

I am living testimony of the popular adage that ‘perseverance pays’, because I have contested on other occasions and have lost. We cannot let Ghanaians down in 2016, and with hard work and perseverance, victory shall be ours in 2016,” Mr.Fuseini added.

On her part, Mrs.Abena Durowa Mensah, the NPP’s candidate for the Assin North constituency, assured Nana Akufo-Addo of a reversal of his and the party’s fortunes in the constituency in 2016.

“The 2,946 margin President Mahama obtained over you in 2016, and the 2,057 vote margin with which the NDC won the seat in 2012 will never happen again. We have put in measures and strategies to ensure victory in 2016, and these strategies are already yielding fruits. In 2016 the NPP can count Assin North as one of the seats in the party’s stable,” she added.