Opanin Kwame Afreh, Ashanti Regional Chairman of the National Reform Party (NRP) on Tuesday expressed appreciation and support for Mr Augustus Goosie Tanoh's decision to throw his weight behind Mr J.A. Kufuor in the presidential run-off.

Mr Tanoh's declaration has confirmed his promise to "us that he will lend his support to any of the opposition parties that emerged victorious should he fail to win.This has given us total confidence in him".

Opanin Afreh was speaking to the Ghana News Agency in Kumasi today on the stand taken by the NRP leadership on the run-off in the presidential elections between Mr J.A. Kufuor of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and professor J.E.A. Mills of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). He said pronouncements by some leading members of the NDC that there is need for reform in the party has vindicated Mr Tanoh and those who broke away from the party.

"It clearly shows that Mr Tanoh and his colleagues are not self-seekers as the NDC painted them, but are people who stand for truth, transparency and accountability." Opanin Afreh appealed to all the opposition parties to support Mr Kufuor, to win the run-off.

In another development, the Eastern Regional Co-ordinator of the National Reform Party, (NRP), Mr Charles Quartey, has described the opposition parties' decision to support the New Patriotic Party (NPP) during the presidential run-off as "timely." He said since the NPP is poised to win the elections, the NRP sees it necessary to throw its weight behind its presidential candidate, Mr J.A. Kufuor. In an interview with the GNA at Koforidua, Mr Quartey said even though all the opposition parties have different views, their votes during the first round "gave a clear indication that they were all fighting on a common front."