The 2016 Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Wednesday, mounted the political platform at Dome/Kwabena constituency and passionately appealed to Ghanaians to support him to win power in his third attempt.
According to him, the November general polls will only be successful if the electorates give him their total support this time around having twice tasted defeats in 2008 and 2012 in his bid win power to govern the country.
“Now I need your support, Ghanaians. I have knocked your doors for the first time but it didn’t work; the second knock did not go well either. Now, this is my third time knocking at your doors and I will need your total support”, he appealed while addressing thousands of NPP followers who stormed the Atomic Park in Accra to lend their support to the campaign launch of Sarah Adwoa Safo, MP for the area.
Akufo-Addo commenting further said the hardships that Ghanaians are going through as a result of the moribund administration of the Mahama-led NDC government is enough to show the number one gentleman of the land the exit door, come November this year.
He urged the electorates to disregard President Mahama’s plea for a second-term in office, stressing that under his (President Mahama) leadership, thievery of State funds coupled with corruption and a weakened economy has been the order of the day.
“Mahama has been going round the country telling the people that he is still left with some work to do and so Ghanaians should give him their mandate for another term in office to continue the work that he has started”.
“What we Ghanaians have to ask Mahama is what at all is he coming to continue? Is it the poverty and sufferings that he has subjected us into or the high unemployment situation that has bedeviled the country? We are going to use our thumbs to vote out President Mahama for Akufo-Addo to come and govern this country with good policies that will put us back on the path to economic growth. We care coming to strengthen our falling Cedi to end the sufferings of our traders. We will also end the thievery and corruption that has characterized President Mahama administration”, he noted. MP for the area, Sarah Adwoa Safo on her part urged the citizenry to be vigilance at the polling station because their “vigilance will be key to winning the 2016 polls”.
She told the gathering that never will the NPP go to the Supreme Court to challenge the verdict of the people, noting that the protection of the ballot box will be their strategy to winning the general elections.
Such strategy, the legislator cum procurement lawyer noted, will maximize more votes for the NPP and for that matter, Akufo-Addo to win the elections.
Dome/Kwabenya constituency, she added, is targeting 90% votes for the leader of the elephant family and was very confident that Nana Akufo-Addo will be lucky in his third attempt this time around.
“We know that this is the third time Nana Addo is aspiring to be president of Ghana and, God-willing, he shall be lucky on his third attempt”, she noted.
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