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NPP holds thanksgiving service
Accra, Jan. 10, Ghanadot/GNA – The opposition New Patriotic
Party (NPP) on Saturday held a thanksgiving service to offer
gratitude to God for seeing it through the December 2008
general elections.
Hundreds of supporters clad in the party’s paraphernalia who
thronged the trade fair centre in Accra to partake in the
service were full of jubilation, making one to hardly accept
the fact that their party recently lost elections.
Former Ministers of State, Members of Parliament and party
big wigs attended the ceremony.
In a sermon, Reverend Professor Appiah-Poku of the Kwame
Nkrumah University of Science and Technology advised the
supporters not to be discouraged but have faith in God for a
better luck in future.
Rev. Appiah-Poku, who drew lessons from the scriptures
suggesting that people who persevered always succeeded,
urged members of the party to fight on to enable them emerge
victorious in subsequent elections.
He said the defeat of the party in the December 28, 2008
general election should not dampen their spirit and belief
in the party’s ability to wrest back political power in the
country.
He called on supporters to observe the democratic
credentials of the NPP by remaining calm and tolerant even
in face of provocation.
Nana Akufo Addo, Presidential Candidate of the party for the
December 2008 general election, called for unity among party
members, saying it would make them resilient to enable them
to come back to power.
He prayed for peaceful coexistence among the entire Ghanaian
society for effective national development.
He assured party supporters that the NPP would soon be back
to assume the reigns power.
Former President, John Agyekum Kufuor said the party would
continue to champion the freedom and justice of every
individual in the country.
He thanked Ghanaians for giving him and the NPP the
opportunity to serve them for the past eight years.
GNA
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