A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, has enjoined party supporters and sympathisers to rally behind Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the party’s 2016 flag bearer, to reclaim political power in 2016.
He declared, “Ghanaians will not forgive the NPP if they allow internal wrangling to cause a defeat in 2016.”
He, therefore, cautioned party members and supporters with different agenda to mend their ways and toe the line of the flag bearer.
Mr Kyerematen was speaking at the first day of the three-day visit of Nana Akufo-Addo as part of his “Rise and Build” tour of the Ashanti Region and surprised the gathering by singing “Aseda Nyinaa Ye Wodze” which saw the entire membership joining the chorus.
7 years in opposition
He said although the party had been in opposition for seven years, the enthusiasm and high interest of members of the NPP in the activities of the party was encouraging.
He called on the party members to work assiduously to consolidate the votes of the party because analysis had indicated that if only NPP members and NDC members alone cast their votes, the NPP would emerge the winners at all times.
Mr Kyerematen said it was for this that Nana Akufo-Addo had embarked on the Rise and Build tour to consolidate the party votes before embarking on elaborate campaign afterwards.
Akufo Addo
Nana Akufo-Addo, who did not wait to be introduced before he took over the lectern, commended the members of the party in the region for continuously voting massively for the party since its inception.
He reminded the gathering that just as the Ashanti Region voted for former President J. A. Kufuor with 72 per cent in the first round of the 2000 elections and 79.5 per cent in the second round to crown him the President in 2000, he believed he would also be given 80 per cent to crown him as the next President.
NDC million votes
He described the claim by the NDC that they were working towards attaining one million votes in the Ashanti Region a fantasy and urged the members of the party in the region to come out in their numbers and vote massively for the party to rubbish the NDC claim and also bring the NPP to power.
Nana Akufo- Adoo said the target for the NPP was to garner 80 per cent of the popular votes in the region to secure victory for the NPP.
A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, has enjoined party supporters and sympathisers to rally behind Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the party’s 2016 flag bearer, to reclaim political power in 2016.
He declared, “Ghanaians will not forgive the NPP if they allow internal wrangling to cause a defeat in 2016.”
He, therefore, cautioned party members and supporters with different agenda to mend their ways and toe the line of the flag bearer.
Mr Kyerematen was speaking at the first day of the three-day visit of Nana Akufo-Addo as part of his “Rise and Build” tour of the Ashanti Region and surprised the gathering by singing “Aseda Nyinaa Ye Wodze” which saw the entire membership joining the chorus.
7 years in opposition
He said although the party had been in opposition for seven years, the enthusiasm and high interest of members of the NPP in the activities of the party was encouraging.
He called on the party members to work assiduously to consolidate the votes of the party because analysis had indicated that if only NPP members and NDC members alone cast their votes, the NPP would emerge the winners at all times.
Mr Kyerematen said it was for this that Nana Akufo-Addo had embarked on the Rise and Build tour to consolidate the party votes before embarking on elaborate campaign afterwards.
Akufo Addo
Nana Akufo-Addo, who did not wait to be introduced before he took over the lectern, commended the members of the party in the region for continuously voting massively for the party since its inception.
He reminded the gathering that just as the Ashanti Region voted for former President J. A. Kufuor with 72 per cent in the first round of the 2000 elections and 79.5 per cent in the second round to crown him the President in 2000, he believed he would also be given 80 per cent to crown him as the next President.
NDC million votes
He described the claim by the NDC that they were working towards attaining one million votes in the Ashanti Region a fantasy and urged the members of the party in the region to come out in their numbers and vote massively for the party to rubbish the NDC claim and also bring the NPP to power.
Nana Akufo- Adoo said the target for the NPP was to garner 80 per cent of the popular votes in the region to secure victory for the NPP.
Aspirants
As a show of seriousness, he called out the names of Members of Parliament (MPs) who were unseated during the recent primaries and those who won and urged the latter to take personal initiatives in bringing together the MPs who lost and their supporters together.
Nana Akufo-Adoo said petty squabbles and little infighting between aspirants and those who lost must not be encouraged to rear their ugly heads.
Campaign
Touching on the campaign, he said the NPP was not embarking on a tribalistic campaign but a national agenda that would bring hope, progress and prosperity to the entire nation which would be executed through a grass- roots campaign.
He said by the grace of the almighty God when the NPP was crowned in 2016, it would continue with the vision of its founding fathers and build a new economy that would lift the good people of the country from the excruciating poverty and unprecedented misery brought on this rich country by the inept administration of the NDC.
As a show of seriousness, he called out the names of Members of Parliament (MPs) who were unseated during the recent primaries and those who won and urged the latter to take personal initiatives in bringing together the MPs who lost and their supporters together.
Nana Akufo-Adoo said petty squabbles and little infighting between aspirants and those who lost must not be encouraged to rear their ugly heads.
