'Victory puts enormous responsibility on my shoulders'

Leader of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has admitted that last Saturday’s victory in the party’s presidential primary puts enormous responsibility on his “modest” shoulders.

“But I want to assure you that I shall do everything humanly possible, under the guidance of Almighty God, to justify your confidence.”


In his acceptance speech at the Efua Sutherland Children’s Park on Saturday, Nana Addo declared his party’s intention to reclaim power from the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).


“We must rid our country, through the peace of the ballot box, of this incompetent NDC government of John Dramani Mahama, and relieve the Ghanaian people of the unjustifiable hardships and difficulties they are encountering.”


He said NPP has the human resources to turn the fortunes of this country around.

“We can fulfill, in our generation, the dreams and ambitions of our founding fathers to build a free, prosperous, modern African nation, governed on the principles of democratic accountability, the rule of law and social justice.”


He expressed gratitude to his supporters, his contenders including the four who did not make the national delegates' elections for one reason or the other, the Electoral Commission and the Ghana Police Service.


He polled 117,413 out of the total valid votes cast to emerge triumphant.