Press Release
December 31, 2010
NANA ADDO’S NEW YEAR MESSAGE:
‘THERE’S HOPE FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE’
Once again nature has drawn down her curtain on another
year. The New Patriotic Party (NPP) and I, Nana Addo Dankwa
Akufo-Addo, are grateful to the Almighty God for His
perpetual protection over Ghana and her people. He continues
to show that His Love for us is boundless and bountiful.
As we welcome 2011, the stage is set once more for a new
cycle of challenges and opportunities. Being the first full
year for oil production, it is understandable for Ghanaians
to enter 2011 with a special sense of national optimism. The
expectations of Ghanaians may be high, varied and many.
However, much of what is expected of leadership is doable:
good governance, good schools, good health, good security,
good transportation system, skills for good jobs and good
pay.
Like the year before it, 2011 presents another challenge for
the Ghanaian to reaffirm his or her enduring spirit. For as
the Good Book says in Mathew 10:22, “He that endureth to the
end shall be saved”.
As we demand of those in power competent, honest and
inspiring leadership, we should all, as Ghanaians, play our
individual and collective roles to help move our beloved
country forward.
There is hope for Ghana. There is a brighter future for you
and I and for our children.
The NPP’s prayer for the New Year is for peace, freedom,
security, tolerance, jobs, better pay, fairness and economic
relief for the mass of Ghanaians. In short, promises made,
fulfilled.
The NPP will remain firm in resisting any attempt to roll
back the social, economic and democratic gains made before
2009. We will continue to support policies that will move
Ghana forward. We will show to Ghanaians that in us they
have an alternative government that can actually get the job
done.
Our programme for this year is to build on the enviable
unity of our party and prepare ourselves for the crucial
task of winning power in 2012 in order to put in place
appropriate programmes to bring back hope and deliver
solutions for a brighter future.
Together with the Electoral Commission, all of us should
work hard to ensure that we have a good and fair electoral
system that will produce electoral results acceptable to all
and sundry.
We believe that besides confidence in the electoral system,
the ultimate test for our democracy is winning the seemingly
worsening war against mass poverty.
It is the conviction of the NPP that Ghana can only win the
war against poverty by building a New Society of
Opportunities. We want to build a society where everyone has
a fair opportunity to better him- or herself, that is why
the NPP is committed to making it possible for you, no
matter your background, to be able to create prosperity for
yourself and your family in an ever-expanding Ghanaian
economy.
Stronger individuals build stronger families; stronger
families build stronger communities and stronger communities
build stronger nations.
We pledge to make Ghana a safe, peaceful, united and truly
democratic country to live in, where the rule of law, human
rights, and the principles of democratic accountability are
respected.
We are determined to bring back to Ghana, a strong, decisive
and compassionate leadership of competence, fairness and
integrity. We pray to God that His will be done.
In pursuit of our agenda to create a new society of
opportunities for every Ghanaian, we will continue with all
the progressive programmes that the NPP administration
initiated. Ours is to build a new Ghana, where fairness,
freedom and fraternity are supreme.
We will, therefore, not relent in our established efforts to
provide affordable, quality healthcare for all and to give
free, quality education and skills for jobs to every
Ghanaian child or youth, regardless of the circumstances of
birth. We are the party that can fix it. We are the NPP.
There is hope for Ghana. There is a brighter future ahead of
us all. Victory is, indeed, promised to those who persevere.
Ghana is destined to succeed. You can trust us to make Ghana
succeed. We are the NPP.
We wish you all a Happy New Year and a brighter future!
May God bless us all and Mother Ghana, where freedom and
justice reign.
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Signed
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
NPP Presidential Candidate
