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Ghanaians urged to appreciate the good
work of government
Cape Coast Nov. 25, Ghanadot/GNA - Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong,
Member of Parliament for Assin South, on Saturday urged
Ghanaians to show appreciation for the good works of the New
Patriotic Party (NPP) under the leadership of President
Kufuor and retain the party in power in the 2008 general
election.
He said the party was doing very well in the provision of
the needs of Ghanaians and asked that the people should
reciprocate the gesture by voting massively for it.
Mr Agyapong said this when he addressed a forum organized by
the Cape Coast Polytechnic branch of the Tertiary Education
Students Confederacy (TESCON) of the NPP at Cape Coast as
part of activities marking TESCON "Akwaaba week" celebration
on the theme: "The role of TESCON in the 2008 election".
Mr Agyapong said the 2008 election was very crucial for the
NPP and called on members of TESCON to effectively play
their role to ensure that the party won the election,
adding: "Let us move to the people and tell them what the
NPP has been able to do for the people of Ghana".
He pointed out that the third successive victory of the
party would greatly depend on people's knowledge of the
achievements of the party, stressing that people would only
change their minds when they were well informed of the
party's achievements, vision and progress.
Mr Agyapong said in the past seven years the NPP had proved
its worth and had been able to improve upon the living
conditions of Ghanaian, won the confidence of the
international market and was the envy of many Africa
countries.
Touching on the discovery of oil in the country, he said the
future was good and said proceeds from the sale of the oil
would not end in the pockets of individuals but that it
would be used for the total development of the nation.
Mr Ken Nunoo, Special Assistant to the Central Regional
Minister, said next year's election would not be won on a
silver platter and therefore charged the youth to intensify
their campaign to enable the party to win.
He advised them to "arm" themselves with the achievements of
the NPP anywhere they went and use it to convince the
populace to vote for the party.
Mr Samuel Abu Gyinakpoh NPP activist, called on party
supporters to be interested in the process of the election
of a flag bearer and not restrict it to the delegates alone.
He stressed need for the party to recognize the role some
leaders played in the growth and development of the party
and urged the delegates to vote a "True Blue Party Member"
who knows the party's history very well, adding that the
December congress would either make or break the party.
Mr Stephen Dapaah President of CPoly TESCON in his welcoming
address called on the party executives to recognize the
important role TESCON played in the party's activities and
provide it with the necessary logistical support to enable
it work effectively.
He pointed out that it was through the effort of TESCON that
the party was able to win twice in the Central Region and
pledged TESCON's continuous support to the party, adding
"next year's election is for the youth and we would do
everything to ensure that the party wins".
Cape Coast Nov 25, GNA- Thousands of supporters and party
functionaries of the New Patriotic Party on Saturday
thronged the Victoria Park in Cape Coast to participate in a
mammoth rally organized by the Central Regional branch of
the NPP.
It was on the theme: "The Clarion call, unity for the third
successive term-victory 2008".
Before the rally started at 16:00 hours, people from all
walks of life including women and children dressed in party
colours and T-shirts of the various presidential aspirants,
danced to brass band music on the streets causing heavy
traffic.
Most walls and available space one could find were posted
with pictures of some of the aspirants who were to attend
the rally.
At exactly 16:00 hours the programme began and speaker after
speaker especially Members of Parliament from the Region
mounted the well-decorated dais to address the teaming
crowd.
Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, MP for Assin South who set the
ball rolling mounted the dais with a holy bible and asked
the large gathering to endeavour to read Matthew chapter
12:25 when they got back home.
He called on the aspirants to educate their supporters not
to engage in campaign of insults and other forms of abuses
and pointed out that the candidates themselves were working
together peacefully and cautioned that if they did not take
care of what their supporters said or did on their behalf,
it would bring trouble, confusion and division to the party
and called on them not to say things that would divide the
party.
Mr Agyapong urged the aspirants to rally their support
behind the one who would be elected as the flag bearer in
the December congress and advised them to talk about issues
and not gossip about their colleagues.
Six presidential aspirants, Mr Allan Kyeremanten, Dr Boakye
Agyarko, Papa Owusu Ankomah, Mr Hackman Owusu Agyeman, Felix
Owusu Agyeman and Professor Mike Oquaye, who addressed the
crowd pledged to support and work with whoever would be
elected at the December congress as the flag bearer.
They also pledged to be civil in their campaigns and not
engage in campaign of insults and called for unity among the
rank and file to enable the party win in the crucial
election next year.
Mr Peter Mac Manu, National Chairman of the party denied
allegation that it was an individual from the NPP that
declared the 2004 election results and stressed that that
prerogative was left with the Electoral Commission and not
any party.
He said the NPP was a growing party and that it would work
harder to win the elections hands down adding that it would
continue to do peaceful and clean campaigns.
Mr Mac Manu said the party would ensure that the aspirant
who would be elected as flag bearer had the rights
qualities.
Nana Ohene Ntow, General Secretary, said it was only the NPP
that had been able to break the culture of silence to ensure
freedom of speech in the country and urged Ghanaians to vote
for the party in 2008 election.
He said the NPP had never rigged any election and did not
have the intension of doing such a thing in next year's
elections and stressed that Ghanaian would continue to vote
for the party due to its good policies and programmes.
Nana Ato Arthur, Central Regional Minister, in his welcoming
address commended the party executives for coming to the
Region and pledged that the party would do everything
possible to retain its 16 seats and possibly grab the rest
of the three seats.
Other speakers at the rally were, Mrs Agnes Okudzeto, First
Vice Chairman, Mrs Mary Adu Boahene, wife of the late
Professor Albert Adu Boahene, Professor Dominic Fobih,
Minister of Education Science and Sports and Mr Stephen
Asamoah Boateng, Minister of Tourism and Diasporan
Relations.
A fund raising dinner dance was held at the Cape Coast
Castle to raise about 2 billion cedis to support the
campaigns of the party in the Region.
GNA
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