The 2012 Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has advised members of the NPP, in the true spirit of the party’s tradition, to rally behind the new national officers to strengthen the resolve and singleness of purpose to capture power in 2016.
In his view, “internal party contests are not about winners and losers, but rather “about the party winning.”
In a congratulatory statement to the new National Chairman, Mr Paul Afoko, and the other national officers of the party, he commended the party “for the peaceful, credible, efficient and successful manner in which the elections for our national executives were conducted.”
According to the statement, the conference had been exciting and competitive.
The statement said the high level of participation, enthusiasm and camaraderie that the election generated among party activists gave an indication of their collective energy and commitment to the struggle ahead in 2016.
In this regard, the statement said, Nana Akufo Addo urged the new national officers to reach out and bring on board their fellow competitors who were not victorious on the day.
“This is the only way we can forge ahead, as a united party, in our quest to restore hope to Ghanaians. I reiterate, once again, my appeal to all former executives to stay engaged in the activities of the party,” the statement quoted Nana Akufo-Addo as saying.
It concluded that the party should remember that Ghanaians were looking up to the NPP to provide a strong and positive direction to deliver them from the failing government of the NDC.
“We should not fail them,” the statement added.
