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NEWS RELEASE
25TH May, 2012
NPP’S PHILOSOPHY IS THE MOST FORMIDABLE IN GHANA,
SAYS NANA ADDO
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the 2012 Presidential Candidate
of the New Patriotic Party, has stated that the philosophy
of the NPP, which has been adopted by Ghana’s Fourth
Republican Constitution, remains the most formidable
proposition in the political market of our country as it has
stood the test of time as compared to the philosophies of a
one party state, dictatorship, the absence of rule of law,
state socialism, and state ownership.
He made this known when he addressed NPP Members of
Parliament, national executives and spokespersons at a
seminar organized by the leadership of the party and held at
the Alisa Hotel on Monday, 23rd May 2011.
According to the Nana Addo, the philosophy of the New
Patriotic Party, which was built from the ashes of the UGCC,
GCP, NPP, UP, PP, PFP and UNC, has always been that freedom
is the primary end, as well as the means to development,
with the wellbeing of each and every individual as both the
goal and means of development.
He added that the NPP’s philosophy which views civil
liberties and human rights as conducive to economic growth
and intrinsic to the objective of development is the
philosophy which is dominant in the world today.
“We believe in empowering the individual to use his or her
entrepreneurial initiative to create legitimate wealth and
to enjoy security of person and private property. We believe
through freedom we can encourage upward mobility for
everyone in society”, Nana Addo explained.
He further added that the NPP chose as its motto,
‘Development in Freedom’ because of the unyielding belief
that political and social freedoms are both inherently
desirable by the citizenry of our dear country.
Nana Addo continued, “Individuals are not free if they are
hungry, illiterate, ignorant, homeless and in squalor. Our
overriding desire is to enhance the dignity of the Ghanaian.
This has been the ideological driving force that has kept
the Danquah-Dombo-Busia family going for more than sixty
years”.
Nana Addo urged the NPP parliamentarians to guided, at all
times, by the NPP’s philosophy which serves to create a
future Ghana that will serve as a model of progress for the
rest of Africa and the world.
“Our job as politicians is to ensure that the state provides
the people with a quality environment of law and order,
physical infrastructure, social services, sensitivity and
quick responsiveness to needs, and a regulatory environment
that allows free and fair competition. These are policies
that make lives better. These are policies that underpin the
NPP’s vision of development”, Nana Addo added.
The seminar is part of an ongoing process by the leadership
of the NPP to further deepen the unity within the entire
membership of the party as well as creating a platform for
the party to strategise towards election 2012 and beyond.
The seminar was organised to acquaint parliamentary
candidates with the philosophy of the party, the vision of
the Presidential Candidate, Campaign strategy and the role
of parliamentarians in ensuring a total victory for the NPP
in 2012.
Speakers at the seminar included Prof Gyan Baffour, MP for
Wenchi, who spoke on the social economy; the Minority
Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensa-Bonsu, who appraised participants on
the work of parliamentarians; and Kofi Bentil of IMANI who
gave a presentation on property owning democracy.
The seminars, instituted by the new leadership of the NPP,
are set to be a constant feature as members of parliament,
together with newly elected parliamentary candidates and the
party’s leadership will meet before parliament goes on
recess and also immediately after parliament returns from
recess.
Last week, Nana Akufo-Addo met and had dinner with current
NPP Members of Parliament who decided not to contest their
seats in last month’s parliamentary primaries. The MPs
pledged their commitment and unwavering desire towards
campaigning for the newly elected parliamentary candidates
to ensure the NPP retained these seats.
Nana Addo, the following day, also met and had dinner with
current NPP MPs who lost their seats during last month’s
primaries. The MPs reiterated their commitment to working
with the newly elected parliamentary candidates in their
respective constituencies to ensure the NPP kept a hold of
these constituencies in the 2012 general elections.
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