Kufuor Asserts Confidence In Nana Addo

Sunday, December 19, 2010:- Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has

expressed confidence in the ability of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to lead

the New Patriotic Party to victory in the 2012 general election.

The former President also believes Nana Addo, the 2012 Presidential

Candidate of the NPP is well-positioned to become the kind of President the

nation requires to lead its development agenda to the next level desired by

all, given his wealth of political experience and proven leadership

qualities.

He has therefore called on all members of the party to remain united and

work harder to enable Nana Addo lead the NPP to victory and thus build on

the enduring legacy his government left for the country.

Former President Kufuor was speaking at a cocktail reception organized by

Nana Addo at his Nima residence in his honour as part of the celebration of

his 72nd birthday and in commemoration of his historic victory in the 2000

presidential election.

The occasion attracted party elders and gurus, including K.T Teddem,

Chairman of Council of Elders, J.H Mensah, former Senior Minister, Mrs Adu

Boahen, Alhaji Aliu Mahama, former vice president, Alan Kyeremanten, former

ambassadors, some Members of Parliament and party executives from all the 10

Regions.

Former President Kufuor who could not hide his excitement about the honour

bestowed on him was happy about the current sense of unity and brotherliness

in the party, stressing the urgent need for the party’s leadership, as well

as the rank and file, to maintain it.

“I am overcome by what I am seeing tonight…that party people from all the

10 Regions are here tonight. It is my prayer that we stay together like

this. If we stay together like this, I can assure you that come 2012, we are

going back to the Jubilee House,” he stated to a loud groundbreaking

applause from the cowd.

Mr Kufuor extolled the credentials of the NPP, describing it as a party

with enduring tradition that will always stand the test of time.

“This party has an enduring tradition; a tradition that will never die; a

tradition founded on respect for humanity. Our forefathers choose respect

for humanity as the corner stone of our ideology because we believe the

human being is central to everything we do,” he affirmed.

According to former President Kufuor, the NPP has always occupied a unique

position in the nation’s political scheme of affairs, adding “whenever the

people entrust the leadership of the country into our hands, the nation

prospers because we believe in using power to serve the people and not to

oppress them.”

He noted that the NPP has always been concerned about the handicapped in

society, explaining that this was the driving force behind the

implementation of pro-poor policies like free basic education, school

feeding programme and National Health Insurance by his administration.

“I am convinced when Nana Addo becomes the President he will carry it

further and fulfill his promise to make secondary education free for all,”

he added.

*Source: Herbert Krapa

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