Akufo-Addo touted positive speaker

Professor Dominic Fobih, Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin South and former Minister of Science and Environment, has called on delegates of NPP to rally behind their 2008 presidential candidate to wrestle power from the NDC.

According to him, Nana Addo is the only candidate in the NPP presidential race with a proven track record and has the necessary skills to lead the party back to power come 2012 when Ghanaians go to the polls.

Speaking at a delegate meeting at Assin-Manso in his Constituency, Prof Fobih minced no words when he told delegates to “vote massively for Nana Addo as the battle for 2012 requires someone who is brave, fearless and more so, someone with a vision for moving our country forward.”

“Under ex-President Kufuor’s administration, Nana Addos’s diplomacy and good human relations as Foreign Minister brought so much foreign investors and good will that the country continues to enjoy,” he said.

He called on the delegates not to “waste their votes as a change of Nana Addo as the party’s presidential candidate may jeopardise the chances of the party in the 2012 election.

Professor Fobih said Nana Addo made history in the 2008 election by becoming the first presidential candidate in his first appearance to achieve that height of clocking 49.8% and it will therefore not be prudent to change such a candidate and bring a green horn to start afresh.

He said he has had a close association with Nana Addo for a long time and he is one person amongst the candidates that he can speak positively about.

“He was my colleague cabinet minister and I stand in front of you this afternoon to tell you that he is the man our country needs to come and take our people out of the poverty and deprivation that the NDC is imposing on Ghanaians.”

He declared his unwavering support for Nana Addo and asked his constituents and the whole of the party to vote for Nana Akufo-Addo.

Earlier, MP for Adanse Asokore and the longest deputy Minister of Energy under former president Kufuor’s regime, Hon Kojo Tahiru Hammond, also threw his weight behind Nana Addo.

The MP entreated delegates to endorse Nana Addo as the flag bearer of the NPP as he stood tall among all the contenders vying for the same position.

“Nana Addo has stood the test of time and has dedicated half of his entire life to working for the interest of the party in so many ways and also stands out as the first person in the NPP tradition to have clocked 49.8 % votes in his first appearance as a flag bearer,” Mr KT Hammond stressed.

He further underscored that NPP needs someone who is brave, courageous, tested and respected worldwide as its candidate.

He appealed to delegates to vote massively and decisively for Nana Addo to recapture power from the NDC in 2012.