UPPER EAST NPP COMMUNICATIONS CHARGES AT NANA ADDOS DETRACTORS

UPPER EAST NPP COMMUNICATIONS CHARGES AT NANA ADDOS DETRACTORS

The Upper East Regional Communications group of opposition New Patriotic Party has taken a swipe at Yaw Mort, the party’s regional organizer over what appeared to unsavory remarks in response to an alleged statement made by Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo which was interpreted to be an insult on the integrity of people of northern decent.
Nana Addo, a leading contender of the forthcoming Saturday August 7 national delegates congress was reported to have in a response a question as to whom his regional Coordinator was in the Upper East Region allegedly said if he chose a goat to be his campaign Coordinator, it was nobody’s business.
This drew condemnations from the NPP Upper East Regional Organizer, Yaw Mort and Abdul Basit, Spokesperson of a group called the Savannah Youth for Development who implored Nana Addo to render an unqualified apology to northerners.
Responding to these developments at a news conference, Ahmed Karim Bediako, Coordinator of the Upper East NPP Communications group described the Regional Organizer Yaw Mort and Abdul Basit as the party’s enemies of progress.
He warned them against divisive tendencies in the party and advised that they should stop wasting their time on such frivolous insinuations and rather channel their resources into building the party’s structures in the three northern regions that are tagged the NDC’s “World Bank”.
Ahmed Bediako unreservedly said at no point in time did Nana Addo made derogatory statements on northerners during his recent visit to the Upper East Region and urged his detractors to stop maligning the 2008 NPP flag bearer.
He rated Nana Addo 100% among the five personalities gunning for the 2012 Flag bearer position as the only stalwart in the NPP who has northerners at heart and that his choice of Dr. Mahamud Bawumia as his running mate during the last elections was a clear demonstration of his love for the north.
He added that Nana Addo was very instrumental in the establishment of the Northern Development Fund under President Kufuors’ watch that sought to bridge the yawning gap between northern and southern Ghana.
Shifting focus on the forthcoming congress slated for Saturday August 7, the Upper East NPP Communications Coordinator tipped Nana Addo to win 60% of the total votes which in his estimation will be reflected in 2012.
Without mincing words, he lambasted President John Atta Mills’ led NDC administration for what he referred to as mismanagement of Ghana’s economy and concluded that a Nana Addo administration will salvage the economy.