Nana, The Annointed One… Says NPP Group

Nana, The Annointed One… Says NPP Group

By Mohammed Awal

A GROUP calling itself Crusaders of Nana Akufo-Addo (CONNA) has pledged to ensure that Nana Akufo-Addo gets 90% of the total votes that will be cast when the New Patriotic Party (NPP) goes to the polls in December this year to elect its flagbearer.

Nana Akuffo-Addo

“Go to the ground, listen to people, and assess the ground. You would hear people saying No Nana, no vote,” the group’s National Co-ordinator, Hopeson Adorye, said  at a news conference in Accra yesterday, to formally unveil the formation of CONAA.

Mr. Adorye said that the successful conclusion of the party’s polling station, constituency, regional and national elections was an indication that the NPP was prepared for victory in 2016.

Uncompromising sense of Unity

Mr. Adorye said there was no way the NPP could rescue Ghanaians from the “hardships, despondency and chaos” that the Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government had brought on them without a united front.

Quoting Nana Akufo-Addo, he said: “We must, therefore, be guided and guarded constantly by an uncompromising sense of unity. The unity of the NPP is paramount.”  “The success of the party in promoting democracy, rule of law, an open and free society in Ghana was as a result of unity,” he added

Mr. Adorye urged members of the NPP to desist from negative activities that could derail the party’s quest for power in 2016. “It cannot be done through a fractured party,” he warned.

He said CONNA would not sit aloof and watch some individuals destroy the unity the NPP had enjoyed since its establishment. “All members of the party who had begun casting slurs, trying hard to tear down the reputations of candidates in the upcoming flagbearership contest, would be “crushed and will not survive,” he assured, adding, 

“We will not sit aloof and watch a bunch of greedy bastards destroy the party, all in the name of their parochial interests. We will not attack their candidate, but deal with them in their person.”

He pleaded with all aspirants to rein in their supporters who would engage negative tactics in prosecuting their campaign agenda, further urging the NPP leadership to be up and doing, and crack the whip at any person or group of persons whose aim is to destroy the party.