[ 2014-09-15 ]

Come On Board Unity Train
The Member of Parliament for Asuogyaman and former
presidential hopeful of the New Patriotic Party
(NPP), Kofi osei- Ameyaw, has appealed to the two
remaining presidential aspirants of the party who
have not stepped down to support Nana Akufo-Addo
to do so to ensure that the party is united for
victory in 2016.

Accompanying Nana Akufo-Addo on Friday, September
12, 2014, to meet the 79 delegates from the
Greater Accra Region who voted in the August 31
Special Electoral College as part of Akufo-Addo's
nationwide Thank You Tour, Kofi Osei-Ameyaw
explained that NPP delegates have spoken
emphatically that they are united and want Nana
Akufo- Addo to lead the party to victory.

In this regard, Hon Osei-Ameyaw told the delegates
that he had tried talking to the other candidates
to join the 'united path', explaining that
'victory in 2016 is non-negotiable.'

'I tried to advise my brothers who were on the
'divided path' to come onto the united path. I am
hoping, Insha Allah, that Addai-Nimo will come by
next week. But if he and the rest don't come, we
will let them know that we are not ready to mess
around,' the Asuogyaman MP stressed.

Should there be a contest on October 18, Hon Osei
Ameyaw is calling on his supporters and the
140,000 Electoral College of the party to campaign
and ensure that the 80.81 percent margin of
victory chalked by Nana Akufo- Addo in the Special
Electoral College is surpassed.

'Having heard from those at the grassroots that
they have already paved the unity path, I had no
option but to join the united path to power. Now
it is up to you to go back to them (grassroots)
that the field is only left with a few people and
the percentage must increase. My 2.16 percent must
be added to the united path to power,' he said to
a loud applause from the delegates.

On why he decided not to contest the main
presidential primary, he explained that the
verdict from August 31 implied that the four other
aspirants had been placed on a 'divided path' by
the delegates, adding that 'I will not stand in
the way of the united path to victory.'

He recalled how the NPP, when it was placed on the
divided path in 1979, 2008 and 2012, lost power,
'but whenever we take the united path, we win
power.'

In view of this and after further consultation
with the grassroots of the party, the Asuogyaman
MP stated that he had decided to join the 'united
path' that the party has set by campaigning for
Nana Akufo- Addo to secure an emphatic mandate,
firstly from NPP delegates in the October 18
contest and secondly from Ghanaians in the 2016
elections.

On the statements being made by some of the
remaining presidential aspirants that the views of
the constituency chairmen who voted on August 31
were not representative of the views of the
polling station executives, Hon Osei-Ameyaw urged
the chairmen of the party to prove to them that
they did the will of the polling station
executives, adding that 'you are the chairmen, let
them see how strong you are in your
constituencies.

If you deliver nothing short of 95 percent for
Nana Akufo-Addo, then you are not strong.'

Source - Daily Guide

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