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Volta chiefs who declared support for Akufo-Addo lack respect among their people

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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...