Crowds meet Akufo-Addo at Kumasi Central Market, ‘Dagomba Line’

The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Thursday, January 21, 2016, consoled victims of two separate fire outbreaks in Kumasi which hit the Kumasi Central Market and the ‘Dagomba Line’ area at Aboabo within five days.

Making his way first to the Kumasi Central market, Nana Akufo-Addo was taken to the worst-hit parts of the market, where some 400 shops had been razed down by the January 6, 2016 fire.

Huge crowd

Addressing a huge crowd of market women, who were clearly elated at his presence, the NPP flag bearer bemoaned the failure of the government to pay critical attention to markets across the country and put in place measures that would reduce the incidence of market fires to the barest minimum.

Contributing 200 bags of cement towards the rebuilding of the market, Nana Akufo-Addo assured the market women that “an Akufo-Addo government will ensure that securing our markets, which is the source of livelihood for many families across the country, is a topmost priority. We will make our markets safe for you so that you can make a decent living out of trading. The spectre of losing your livelihood because of fire outbreaks must end.”

This pledge by the NPP flag bearer was met with wild jubilation by the market women.

2016 elections
With less than 10 months to the holding of the 2016 election, Nana Akufo-Addo explained that it was imperative for all eligible Ghanaian voters to exercise their God-given power and elect, peacefully, a government that would replace the incompetent administration of President John Mahama, whose government has only brought hardships and poverty to Ghanaians.

Trust
“I want you to put your trust in me and put Ghana under an Akufo-Addo government,” he said.

“My government, I assure you, will manage the resources of this country prudently and put the country back onto the path of progress and prosperity. I am not coming into office to steal your money. I am not seeking your mandate because I want to enrich myself. No! I am coming to assemble a first-class government whose sole aim will be to bring relief to all Ghanaians. I am coming so all Ghanaians, without discrimination, can make a decent living,” he said.

To this end, Nana Akufo-Addo urged the market women to help send the NPP’s message of hope to every corner of the Ashanti Region so that “the NPP will record a massive margin of victory in the Ashanti Region and across the country when the results of the 2016 election are declared.”