AKUFO-ADDO: MISSION IS TO SEEK RECONCILIATION IN VR (PAGE 16)

Story: Emmanuel Modey, Hohoe

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has arrived in the Volta Region with a message of reconciliation between the people and the party.
It is in this vein that a high-powered delegation has dedicated three weeks to reach every nook and cranny of the region to ensure that their manifestos were heard by all to ensure victory in the 2008 general election.
The flag bearer of the party, Nana-Addo, who declared the message at Hohoe last week Wednesday at a well-attended rally said the region used to be very close to the party but now there was a big gap between them.
My mission is to seek reconciliation with the people of the Volta Region so that they will give me their votes,” he said.
He expressed concern that from 1992 to 2000, the NPP did not win any of the 22 constituencies, adding that, it was only after the 2004 elections that we won Nkwanta North.
“We Consider Volta Region to be our difficult area so we must not play with it,” he said.
He assured the people of the region that the NPP had always avoided the politics of exclusion and involved all in the development process.
We are building a country for all the people, our party is not for any particular group of people and we have no agenda for any group of people,” he said.
“We will ensure more openness, tolerance and the inclusion of all shades of opinion in order to attain the status of a middle income country by 2020, Nana Akuffo-Addo said.
He introduced the NPP Candidate for Hohoe North, Mr John Peter Amewu, who he described as a more popular candidate to the people.
For his part, the runner-up to the NPP 2008 presidential race, Mr Alan Kyeremanten, stressed the values of honesty and integrity since the NPP took over public office, and urged the electorate to vote the party back to office.
He said any change in government now will disrupt the strong foundation President John Kufuor had laid.
He observed that Ghana should now move from exporting raw materials to adding value to the raw materials since that was what would put more money into the pockets of the youth.
Mr Jake Obetsebi- Lamptey noted that in the pass two elections most of the people in the region voted for NDC but they could not win.
Party politics is not a family matter,” he said.
The trip took them from Ho, through Ve-Golo Kuati, Hohoe, Jasikan. They paid courtesy calls to all the chiefs and imams in the towns which they visited.