Tamale, April 12, (Amankwa), GNA - A pro-Akuffo-Addo club on has appealed to delegates to the National Congress of the New Patriotic Party slated for December to elect Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo-Addo, the Foreign Minister, as the party's presidential candidate to ensure victory in the 2008 general election.

A club calling itself "Nana Akuffo-Addo Fun Club" in Tamale has described the Foreign Affairs Minister as the most popular and perfect contender against the NDC flag-bearer, Prof John Atta Mills. A statement issued on Wednesday and signed by its President, Mr Akbar Yussif Rohullah Hojatullah Khomeini in Tamale on Wednesday, said Nana Akuffo-Addo was popular among the rank and file of the NPP as well as the electorate.

"Nana Akuffo-Addo has been a central figure in the revival of democracy in the country and has proactively promoted the rule of law". "No other Ghanaian politician has been able to present as lucid a blueprint of the features of a democratic state as Nana Akuffo-Addo." "His legal and constitutional views on democratic governance have received tremendous attention on the international scene", the statement said.

The statement said when Nana Akuffo-Addo was the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, he repealed the Criminal Libel Law and this demonstrated his commitment to upholding the principles of democracy and freedom of speech.

It described Nana Akuffo-Addo as "the political anthem of the masses, the embodiment of hope, progress and development. His detractors who claim he is arrogant will not succeed because he believes in the truth and speaks the truth". The statement said any move to sideline him in the December congress would have a devastating effect on the fortunes of the party in the 2008 polls. 12 April 07