Posted on: www.dailyguideghana.com
By William Yaw Owusu
Thursday, July 16, 2015
The NPP
flagbearer Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will embark on a nationwide tour to
reinvigorate the party’s grassroots, starting from August.
Nana
Akufo-Addo will particularly use the tour to reconcile all factions in the
just-ended parliamentary primaries of the party
The
experienced NPP stalwart is currently in the United Kingdom holding meetings with
members of the NPP-UK branch, including a meeting of branch and chapter
executives as well as the inauguration of the Northampton chapter of the party.
He is also expected to visit some educational institutions in
England, and interact with members of the Ghanaian community in the UK before
returning to Ghana on July 31.
Party Unity
He told
a delegation from the Volta Region, comprising 24 newly-elected parliamentary
candidates and their respective constituency chairmen, regional NPP executives
led by 1st Vice Regional Chairman, Dr. Archibald Letsa before
emplaning to London that the party needed to unite to be able to win the 2016
general election.
“I intend
to travel across the country to meet candidates and their competitors to help
promote healthy relations amongst them,” adding “the first task towards victory
is unity amongst the rank and file of the party.”
Talensi Model
He told
the Volta delegation that it was time for all parliamentary candidates to adopt
the ‘Talensi model’ for their campaigns where all persons that contested but
lost the primary teamed up with the candidate to campaign in the just-ended
by-election.
“The
bond that existed between the three candidates in Talensi was something really
wonderful to see,” adding “the two losing candidates were the main campaigners
for the winner, Thomas Duanab, in their areas of strength and throughout the
constituency.”
Nana
Akufo-Addo said “that’s what I call the Talensi model which, despite the loss,
is a good model. We want to replicate this model in all the 275 constituencies
across the country. I want to see this in the Volta Region.”
Volta Still Critical
He said
that building the confidence of the electorate of the Volta Region in the NPP
was vital if the party was to wrestle political power from the ruling National
Democratic Congress in the December 2016 general elections.
Key to
building this confidence, according to the 2016 presidential candidate of the
NPP, is curing the false perception that has been foisted on the NPP by its
political opponents that it has a tribal agenda against the people of the
region.
“We must
make it clear to the Chiefs and people of the Volta Region that all the stories
about ‘tribal this and that’ are not true. We must send a message to the
people, and they must have it clearly in their minds that we do not have any
negative agenda towards the Volta Region,” Nana Akufo-Addo had said.
On the
contrary, he said “it is rather Akufo-Addo and the NPP that are coming to power
to promote the development of the region as an integral part of the development
of Ghana. In this regard, I am determined to extend a sincere hand of
friendship and co-operation to the Chiefs and People of the Volta Region.”
“On the several occasions that I have been
there recently, I have had experiences and receptions I have never had before.
It is telling me that, perhaps, this is the moment to reach out effectively for
that hand of co-operation and of friendship. I want to assure all of you
gathered here that I am going to do my best to reach out and do whatever I can
to support the party in the region,” he emphasised.
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