Chief impressed with successful bye-election

Sikaa (B/A), April 12, GNA - Nana Ameyaw Yeboah, chief of Sikaa in the Nkoranza North constituency has commended the people in the area for the peaceful manner they conducted themselves during the recent bye-elections in the area.He congratulated Major Derek Oduro (rtd), the newly elected MP for the area on his success and wished him success and God's guidance.Speaking to the Ghana News Agency, the chief said he was impressed with the conduct of the people, which he said was testimony of the love and sympathy they had for the former MP, Mr. Eric Amoateng.

He said the people's decision in the elections would encourage the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government to assist communities in the area to initiate and complete more development programmes to enhance their living standards.Nana Ameyaw called on members of political parties that contested in the bye-elections to bury their differences and forge ahead in unity, so that they could share ideas to accelerate the development of the constituency.

He urged Major Oduro to embrace all the people, irrespective of their political affiliation, since he would need the support and efforts of all to succeed as an MP.The chief advised the people to support the MP to serve them to their expectations and called on traditional authorities, assembly members, unit committees and area and town councils to lead the people to undertake development programmes.Nana Ameyaw urged the youth to abandon unhealthy political rivalry since the election was over and fully participate in all programmes aimed at accelerating the development of the area.

12 April 07

Elect Nana Akuffo-Addo for NPP to retain power - Club

Tamale, April 12, (Amankwa), GNA - A pro-Akuffo-Addo club on has appealed to delegates to the National Congress of the New Patriotic Party slated for December to elect Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo-Addo, the Foreign Minister, as the party's presidential candidate to ensure victory in the 2008 general election.
A club calling itself "Nana Akuffo-Addo Fun Club" in Tamale has described the Foreign Affairs Minister as the most popular and perfect contender against the NDC flag-bearer, Prof John Atta Mills. A statement issued on Wednesday and signed by its President, Mr Akbar Yussif Rohullah Hojatullah Khomeini in Tamale on Wednesday, said Nana Akuffo-Addo was popular among the rank and file of the NPP as well as the electorate.
"Nana Akuffo-Addo has been a central figure in the revival of democracy in the country and has proactively promoted the rule of law".
"No other Ghanaian politician has been able to present as lucid a blueprint of the features of a democratic state as Nana Akuffo-Addo."
"His legal and constitutional views on democratic governance have received tremendous attention on the international scene", the statement said.
The statement said when Nana Akuffo-Addo was the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, he repealed the Criminal Libel Law and this demonstrated his commitment to upholding the principles of democracy and freedom of speech.It described Nana Akuffo-Addo as "the political anthem of the masses, the embodiment of hope, progress and development. His detractors who claim he is arrogant will not succeed because he believes in the truth and speaks the truth". The statement said any move to sideline him in the December congress would have a devastating effect on the fortunes of the party in the 2008 polls.

12 April 07