Say "no to tribal politics" - CPP to NPP & NDC

Accra, Aug. 26, GNA - The 'Nduom for President 08' Campaign is asking the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patriotic Party (NPP), to say "an unequivocal no to tribal politics". In a statement issued in Accra on Tuesday, the campaign quoted NPP presidential candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo as saying in the Central Region that the December elections were not about whether you are a Fante or an Akyem, but about the future development of the nation. It said, Nana Akufo-Addo could not stand in the Central Region alone to make such a statement.

"We have not heard him say this in the Ashanti Region or in the Eastern Region. We have not heard Professor (John Evans Atta) Mills, (NDC presidential candidate) say this in the Volta Region or the Northern Region.


"For the sake of the 'nation's unity', we are asking the NDC and NPP flag bearers to go to those regions and others to ask the people to listen to the message, examine the qualities of the candidates and consider the track records of political parties and vote for the one that is most deserving without regard to ethnic considerations." The CPP said it was convinced that job creation was the main issue facing the Central Region.


"That is why the concept of 'Edwumawura' and asking the people to give the Party the opportunity to come and lead the nation with its job creation strategies so that the people in the region can also benefit. "The region has tourism, farming and fishing opportunities that have been neglected. With the many educational institutions sited there, the Central Region could easily become a technology centre for the country."

The CPP said the Region had voted twice each for the NDC and the NPP, yet it remained poor.


"The region has lost several thousands of jobs due to the closing down of the Saltpond Ceramic factory, numerous brick factories, the sugar factory in Komenda, a bamboo products factory, many state farms that today would be major large scale farms and many others. "The fishing industry has been left without serious attention and thus has resulted in making hard working fishermen poor. Now that the election season is upon us, those who have had the opportunity to do something about it have all of a sudden discovered the problems and making promises left and right to solve the region's problems." The CPP said it agreed that ethnic politics was bad "so let us all apply the no ethnic card principle in all the ten regions and 230 constituencies".