Vile campaign against me will not work — Akufo-Addo

The 2016 Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has said the vile campaign against him will not work.

He said he was not surprised about the vile and abusive campaign being waged against his person by members and apologists of the Mahama government in the run-up to the December presidential election.

According to Nana Akufo-Addo, in the face of an abysmal record in office, which had led to widespread hardship and suffering among the people, the only option left for the current regime was to embark on an abusive campaign against him, the latest being that he is suffering from cancer.  

Difficult situation

“The President and those who speak for him are today in a difficult situation in Ghana. They want to have a third term in office. But, instead of telling us about all the things they promised to do so that we can decide whether or not to grant them the third term, they can’t do that,” he said.

Cataloguing a litany of President Mahama’s broken promises, Nana Akufo-Addo recounted how the NDC promised a “one-time premium for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS),” and reneged on this promise, eight years after making it. Worse still, the NPP flag bearer noted, “not only did this promise not materialise, but they have collapsed the NHIS.”

He continued, “He (President Mahama) told us he was going to build 200 community day senior high schools. According to his Finance Minister, he has been able to build nine. He told us in 2012 that ‘dumsor’ will be over by 2013. We are in 2016, and ‘dumsor’ is still with us in Ghana. President Mahama was here in the north last week and not once did he speak about SADA because SADA has become a monumental failure.”

In light of this, the NPP flag bearer said he was not surprised that “the President has made me his campaign. I am his campaign in Ghana today.”