Sunday, December 19, 2010:- Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has
expressed confidence in the ability of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to lead
the New Patriotic Party to victory in the 2012 general election.

The former President also believes Nana Addo, the 2012 Presidential
Candidate of the NPP is well-positioned to become the kind of President the
nation requires to lead its development agenda to the next level desired by
all, given his wealth of political experience and proven leadership
qualities.

He has therefore called on all members of the party to remain united and
work harder to enable Nana Addo lead the NPP to victory and thus build on
the enduring legacy his government left for the country.

Former President Kufuor was speaking at a cocktail reception organized by
Nana Addo at his Nima residence in his honour as part of the celebration of
his 72nd birthday and in commemoration of his historic victory in the 2000
presidential election.

The occasion attracted party elders and gurus, including K.T Teddem,
Chairman of Council of Elders, J.H Mensah, former Senior Minister, Mrs Adu
Boahen, Alhaji Aliu Mahama, former vice president, Alan Kyeremanten, former
ambassadors, some Members of Parliament and party executives from all the 10
Regions.

Former President Kufuor who could not hide his excitement about the honour
bestowed on him was happy about the current sense of unity and brotherliness
in the party, stressing the urgent need for the party’s leadership, as well
as the rank and file, to maintain it.

“I am overcome by what I am seeing tonight…that party people from all the
10 Regions are here tonight. It is my prayer that we stay together like
this. If we stay together like this, I can assure you that come 2012, we are
going back to the Jubilee House,” he stated to a loud groundbreaking
applause from the cowd.

Mr Kufuor extolled the credentials of the NPP, describing it as a party
with enduring tradition that will always stand the test of time.

“This party has an enduring tradition; a tradition that will never die; a
tradition founded on respect for humanity. Our forefathers choose respect
for humanity as the corner stone of our ideology because we believe the
human being is central to everything we do,” he affirmed.

According to former President Kufuor, the NPP has always occupied a unique
position in the nation’s political scheme of affairs, adding “whenever the
people entrust the leadership of the country into our hands, the nation
prospers because we believe in using power to serve the people and not to
oppress them.”

He noted that the NPP has always been concerned about the handicapped in
society, explaining that this was the driving force behind the
implementation of pro-poor policies like free basic education, school
feeding programme and National Health Insurance by his administration.

“I am convinced when Nana Addo becomes the President he will carry it
further and fulfill his promise to make secondary education free for all,”
he added.

*Source: Herbert Krapa

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