'NPP WILL BOUNCE BACK'

NPP Weija Constituency Executives with Nana Akufo-Addo

Posted on: www.dailyguideghana.com

By William Yaw Owusu

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate in the 2012 general election has counseled the party’s supporters to take solace in the fact that “the NPP will bounce back very soon.”

He said “everybody in Ghana today believes the NPP is the ideal party to spearhead the development of the country and all we need to do is to believe that we can make it in 2016.”

Nana Akufo-Addo was meeting the party’s executives including chairpersons, secretaries and women’s organizers from the Ashanti Region at his Nima residence in Accra yesterday.

He said the NPP has strong structures to succeed and all that was left was for them to unite and forge ahead to reclaim power in 2016 to enable them to pursue the vision of the party for Ghana.

He commended the people of Ashanti Region for the tremendous support they persistently give to the NPP under his candidature saying “I owe Ashanti Region so much gratitude.”

Making a rare comment on the election petition Nana Akufo-Addo said “in a legal battle, you either win or lose and in this case we lost although we do not agree fully with the court.”

He said it was the National Executive Council of the party that sanctioned the decision to go to court and once everything was over, the party should continue to remain united to be able put up a solid performance in the years to come.

“We have gone through a lot as a party and this decision of the court should never discourage us. Rather, it should serve as a challenge for us to improve on how we approach future elections.”

The group, led by NPP Regional Chairman, F.F. Anto had called on Nana Akufo-Addo to urge him to consider running again on the ticket of the party in 2016.

Mr. Anto said “we have come to check on you and to ask you consider running again as our flag bearer. We know you can take us to greater heights and we count on you to accept our proposal.”

Apart from the team from Ashanti, the Young Executive Forum (YEF) of Ashanti Region also paid a courtesy call on Nana Akufo-Addo where they honoured him with a plaque.

The Upper West NPP Regional Executives as well as the Upper East Regional Friends of Nana Akufo-Addo also paid a visit.

Following the dismissal of the landmark election petition by the Supreme Court recently, the debate about who should lead the NPP has become intense.

Nana Akufo-Addo who together with his running mate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and NPP Chairman Jake Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey, had filed the petition, has said he is taking a break and would decide his political future later.

However, calls on the NPP stalwart who, many including international bodies, have hailed for the way and manner he conducted himself during the political stalemate, continue to grow.