We, the NPP Youth for 2016, have come across an EBOLA statement issued by crusaders for change, titled; “moves to disrupt NPP Aug 31 leadership contest uncovered”. This statement from such a weird and contradicting pressure group, crusaders for change, who are ironically campaigning against change in the flag bearer position of NPP, is openly divisive and highly irresponsible. If the body of NPP today was totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read Hopeson Adoye, Tina Mensa, Sylvester Tetteh, etc., who would rather go all out with lies and pretentious claims, instead of all the good things they could say about their preferred candidate.

First and foremost, their claim that certain few influential people in NPP hate Akufo Addo and would rather wish NPP to stay in opposition if Nana is flag bearer is a very dangerous calculated malice. This is a divisive picture of who they really are. It is unacceptable and unimaginable to hear this from crusaders of “no nana no vote” which simply means that NPP must lose 2016 at all cost if Akufo Addo is not our presidential candidate. Some of us have had hot debate on this defeatist slogan with many elderly ones in Nana Addo’s campaign team like Dr Amoako Tufour who should know better. In a telephone interview on kyss FM, Takoradi based radio station, Hon. Titus Glover, another campaigner for Nana, also said to the ears of the world that, “if it is not nana then we should forget it, ‘ebeko goal die, enko corner’”.

Again, our friends in Akufo Addo camp will always couple lies with insults on all of us and on our intelligence. They claim some people hide money and only show up when there is internal contest, I hope they could be bold enough to mention name(s). In the run up to 1998 NPP presidential congress, Akufo Addo is on record to have told delegates to vote for him to avoid the sort of cashless campaign of 1992 and 1996, because he (Akufo Addo) had money enough to match the NDC and Rawlings the crucial election of the year 2000. Nana lost the primaries, and what did we see? Election 2000 campaign was even more miserable than the previous ones, where was Akufo Addo’s money hiding???

So quite clearly, Hopeson and his friends either do not know or they have forgotten their own past, or they are only hoping that we will forget all we know about them. But that isn’t going to happen.

Their EBOLA statement further exposes their mischief to always draw Alan Kyerematen and Nana Ohene Ntow into their messy and muddy games. I can well imagine their inability to understand Ohene Ntow for saying, “Akufo Addo must step down for Alan Kyerematen”. Ohene Ntow simply meant that Alan Kyerematen is in better positioned to win 2016, and Alan could have easily won the two previous elections Akufo Addo lost in 2008 & 2012. Ohene Ntow only amplified the common wisdom that, if a man is sick, he does not fall on a mechanic for medication, meaning that Ghana needs an expert who understands our economic difficulties and can give right and accurate prescription and solution. In any case, Alan himself has previously stepped down for others and Akufo Addo. Why can’t Nana do same???

What is sad and bad enough is that, Hopeson Adoye and Tina Mensa who recently contested for national positions and lost, plus Sylvester Tetteh who was NPP 2012 Parliamentary candidate for Ningo-Prampram, failed to avoid pettiness and lies which has got no legs to stand on. They have chosen to elevate their personal interest over that of the majority who long for power and victory in 2016.

We wish to make a strong call on Akufo Addo to restrain his people from their usual divisive mischief against our own NPP elders who have done enough in life long before some of us were born. The expectation of party people and Ghanaians are high and huge, and it demands that Akufo Addo’s camp tells their message for party and country as Alan Kyerematen has always done. They should and must focus on issue-based campaign rather than smearing and staining others.

With God and the truth on our side, NPP will be delivered, after all, we are many and they are few.

NPP YOUTH FOR 2016

Barima Sarpong

Sharif Sulemana

Agyei Sarkodie

Foster Atinga

Samuel Agyei

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