I have good ties with Kufuor - Akufo-Addo

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in  the 2012  elections, has  said he has healthy ties with  former President John Agyekum Kufuor.

“President Kufuor and I remain in regular communication with each other, and I make it a point to visit him every week,” he stressed.

He was reacting to running media reports and commentary by some members of the NPP and, political opponents that there was a fractured relationship between President John Agyekum Kufuor and himself.

In a statement from his office, Nana Akufo-Addo  described the allegations as false.

He said the allegations that were making the rounds included the fact that President Kufuor did not support his  presidential bids in 2008 and in 2012, and was not in support of his bid to lead the party into the 2016 general election either.

The statement further explained that in 2008, former  President Kufuor supported fully his  bid to become president of  Ghana  and gave him  his unstinting assistance and “likewise, in 2012, the support I received from him was unflinching, as it was during the entire course of the now famous election petition.’’

“It remains my firm conviction that his two-term government, in which I had the privilege to serve as Attorney General and Foreign Minister, has been the best government this country has had, and I am proud to have been a member of it,’’ the statement stressed.

 The statement said  never had there been a point in time when  former President  Kufuor had done anything detrimental to Nana Akufo-Addo, as a person, or to the party with him  as its presidential candidate.

 As far as the 2016 election was concerned, the statement  pointed out that President Kufuor had made it clear to all and sundry that he did not support any particular candidate but would work to help whoever emerged from the presidential primary as the party’s candidate.

According to the statement, those false allegations did not bode well for  the internal cohesion of the party, and  pleaded  with all members who had been fed with those untruths to desist from propagating them any further as  such unguarded pronouncements could give  opponents  of the party comfort for their non-performance.