*AKUFO-ADDO IS NOT CORRUPT…..P. C. Appiah-Ofori*

Anti-corruption crusader, and MP for Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa, P. C. Appiah-Ofori, has declared that “Nana Akufo-Addo is not a corrupt politician and will therefore make a good president. I have seen the Auditor General’s report from both the Justice and Foreign Ministries, where Nana Akufo-Addo served as minister under the erstwhile Kufuor administration and not a single case of theft or corruption was leveled against him. He conducted himself well in both ministries and I know he has always been like that throughout his public life.”

He was addressing delegates of the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa constituency at Asikuma, when Nana Addo met with delegates to sell to them his message of hope. The outspoken legislator said his decision to support Akufo-Addo is premised on three important factors, with his non-corruptible nature being one of them. “I am confident that if Nana Addo becomes president of our country, he will protect state funds and ensure that they go into the appropriate channels to help develop our nation”, he stressed.

He added that Nana Akufo-Addo is the most marketed candidate amongst all, and the amount of work and resource that will go into selling him as presidential candidate will be very much minimal compared to all other ones. “He is the candidate who can win us power in 2012 and to the best of my knowledge that is the single most important desire of our party people today.”

He said also that “Nana Addo is a man who listens to good council and “I can tell you about an instance when I went to him on a matter that concerns the welfare of our nation. He listened to me and it paid off”, he noted.

On his part, Nana Akufo-Addo told delegates of the constituency to vote him as flag bearer of the party for the 2012 elections and he is confident that victory will come the party’s way. “We got very close in 2008 and with hard work and dedication; we will make it in 2012.”

Nana Akufo-Addo called for unity within the ranks of the party as this was important even in the face of competition. He called for a healthy competition and added that in the end, losers and winners must join forces together to ensure that the party wins power in 2012. This he said is the tradition of the NPP and this is not the time to depart from it.

Nana Akufo-Addo then took a swipe at the President Mills led NDC administration by saying Ghanaians have become poorer under Mills in just 15 months of leading this country. Ghana, he said, is now “moving backwards slowly but surely.”

He asked whether this is the better Ghana we were promised, and when chants of a loud no, came from the crowd, in response to his question, Nana Addo thus told them that “the Ghanaian people are looking up to us in the NPP, to provide a strong, positive alternative to the failing government of the NDC and we cannot fail them.”

He moved his campaign tour to the Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam constituency and then finally to the Mfantseman West constituency, to round up his tour of the Central region. He is expected to hit the Western region on Sunday, 2nd May, starting with the Mpohor Wassa, Shama and Sekondi constituencies.