Kumasi, Dec. 23, GNA - Former President Jerry John

Rawlings, has asked Ghanaians to be extra vigilant and allow truth

to prevail on December 28 presidential run-off elections. He said a time had come for Ghanaians to give truth a

chance and allow justice to thrive in order to have a better future for

all. Addressing a press conference in Kumasi on Monday to

mark the beginning of a campaign tour of the Ashanti region, former

President Rawlings said Ghana had reached a very crucial point in

its history and there was the need for the people to ensure that truth

prevailed. He said there was so much decay in the system and there

was the need for a change. Former President Rawlings urged the media to let people

know the truth in their reportage always. Vice admiral Owusu Ansah, former Navy Commander,

attributed the influx of illicit drugs into the country and the depletion

of the country's fish stock to the neglect of the Navy, adding that

the situation posed a great danger to the nation. Brigadier-General Nunoo Mensah, former Chief of

Defence Staff, said he broke away from the New Patriotic Party

(NPP) as a result of greed by some party functionaries in the NPP. He said it was time people stood up to resist acts that

sought to ruin the future of the nation. Mr Daniel Ohene Agyekum, Ashanti regional Chairman

of the NDC, said the time to set a new trend in Ghana was now and

called on Ghanaians to support the change that was coming to

them.