THE flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo, arrived in Sunyani, capital of the Brong Ahafo Region on Sunday to a rousing welcome to begin a week-long campaign tour of the region.
At about 2:00 p.m, enthusiastic supporters and sympathises of the party, led by the regional executive, gathered at the Sunyani Airport to welcome the flag bearer and some members of his campaign team, including Mr Kwabena Agyepong and Dr Kennedy Agyepong.
The supporters, who displayed the NPP paraphernalia, danced to brass band music and the popular Philippa Baafi’s song, “Go, Go High ” as Nana Akufo-Addo and his entourage were ushered into the Sunyani township proper and made a float in the municipality.
As the convoy moved from the airport, other curious people poured out from their houses to catch a glimpse of the flag bearer, shouting “Nana O, Nana O, woara na wore kro”, meaning you are the only one chosen.
The float took him to Nsoatre on the Sunyani-Berekum road, where he was joined by the Vice President, Alhaji Aliu Mahama, who had performed a function at Wenchi earlier in the day together with Sheikh I.C. Quaye, the Greater Accra Regional Minister and other dignitaries.
They finally converged at the Fiapre Roman Catholic Park to address the large crowd, where the Vice President noted with satisfaction that, Fiapre had been the stronghold of the NPP since 2000 and therefore urged the people to continue with such an unflinching support by voting massively for Nana Akufo-Addo and Mr Ignatius Baffour-Awuah as the parliamentary candidate.
“He declared, “Let us show the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the Brong Ahafo Region is still the stronghold of the NPP”.
Threatened by the rain, Mr Agyepong in brief said that Ghanaians were now free from intimidation and political bondage from the PNDC/NDC rule.
According to Mr Agyepong, the NPP’s eight years in power was 10 times better than the PNDC/NDC 19 years in government and so appealed the people to rally solidly behind the NPP.
Picking the microphone, Nana Akufo-Addo, rebuffed claims by the NDC that, the NPP was bent on rigging the December elections, saying that even when the party was in opposition in 2000, it was able to defeat the NDC and went ahead to clinch victory in 2004, describing the two elections as “home and away”.
“We are not going to steal the ballot, but rather we will win the elections decisively and in a clean manner. We shall win the elections hands down”, the NPP flag bearer declared.
Nana Akufo-Addo’s brief address ended the rally as the rains started torrentially.
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