Volta chiefs who declared support for Akufo-Addo lack respect among their people
The Greater Accra Region Organizer
of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Anthony Nukpenu has condemned the 57
Volta Region chiefs, who recently declared support for the 2016 presidential
candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo, saying they lack
respect and dignity among their own people. According to him, “they should not
be taken serious”.
His comment was made in an interview
following the massive endorsement given to the NPP flagbearer by some chiefs in
NDC’s stronghold after he paid a courtesy call on the Paramount Chief of
Nkwanta Akyode Traditional Area, Nana Obonbo Sewura Lipuwura, on Wednesday,
October 26 2016.
The Chiefs are made up of five
paramount chiefs and 52 sub-chiefs. According to the chiefs who spoke through
the Paramount Chief of Nkwanta Akyode Traditional Area said “they have had the
opportunity to witness governance under the NPP and National Democratic
Congress (NDC) over the last 16 years, and are under no illusion that a
government led by the NPP represents Ghana’s best hope of offering her citizens
progress and prosperity”.
But comparing the chiefs who graced
President Mahama’s campaign during his tour to the Volta Region to that of Nana
Akufo- Addo’s, Mr. Nukpenu disclosed Mahama’s are far better and more respected
than Akufo-Addo’s. He further described Nana Akufo-Addo’s tour of the Region as
a flamboyant fashion show.
Indicating that the NDC is not
shaken by the recent endorsement of Nana Addo by Voltarians, he warned NPP to
stop predicting its party’s chances of increasing the 23% percentage of votes
gained from the Region in the previous elections (2012) to 30% this year,
saying it is impossible that if care is not taken it will even be squashed.
The Greater Accra Regional Organizer
vowed to retire from politics should NPP manage to obtain at least even one
seat in the Volta Region in this year’s elections.
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