[ 2016-12-02 ]

I want to lead a united Ghana: Akufo-Addo
The 2016 flag bearer of the opposition New
Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa
Akufo-Addo, has declared his commitment to a
peaceful election, saying he wants to be president
of a united country after the 7 December polls.

According to him, the NPP wants to win a free and
fair election and the party will, therefore, not
do anything to endanger the peace of the country.

The NPP flag bearer said this at a meeting under
the auspices of the National Peace Council in
Accra on Thursday, 1 December, where all seven
presidential candidates contesting in this
year’s election signed a peace pact ahead of the
polls.

“I continue to believe in democracy as the best
system of government under which this nation under
God should be developed. I have spent nearly four
decades of my life standing shoulder-to-shoulder
with the people of Ghana in advancing the course
of democracy. I want to be president of a united
country that is at peace with itself,” he
noted.

“Over the course of the last 24 months, the NPP
has fashioned out a comprehensive programme which
we believe will lead to a rapid development of our
country Ghana, and significant improvement in the
standards of living of her people.”

Nana Akufo-Addo said: “We want to win a fair and
free election and gain the true mandate of the
people of Ghana to implement our programmes. We
will need the support and energies of all our
people to govern if God willing we are given the
mandate on 7 December.”

According to Mr Akufo-Addo, the strength of any
democracy is determined by the credibility of its
electoral system. “It is in our collective
interest that we ensure that rules and regulations
in the conduct of elections are fair and
transparent and that we all develop respect for
them,” added the three-time presidential
aspirant. He noted that every stakeholder
including political parties, the Electoral
Commission, government, the security agencies and
the citizenry must play their part in delivering a
free and fair election.

“There should be no lingering questions about
the legitimacy of an election and the winning
candidate, at the end of the process, should
receive the unalloyed support of all. That is how
we can strengthen our democracy and the peace and
stability of our nation.”

In his opinion, there is a lot of talk about peace
ahead of the polls because security agencies
haven’t acted in a way to depict neutrality in
the lead-up to the polls. He, therefore, urged
them to act without fear or favour.

“I can speak for the NPP and speak without any
equivocation that we will not do anything to
endanger the peace of the nation in anyway during
these elections. It is in our interest that the
elections come off peacefully and the outcome is
credible,” he stressed.

Source - Classfmonline

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