{"id":243881,"date":"2016-08-29T10:15:59","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T10:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=243881"},"modified":"2016-08-29T10:15:59","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T10:15:59","slug":"im-mahamas-campaign-message-nana-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=243881","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I&#8217;m Mahama&#8217;s campaign message&#8217; \u2013 Nana Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo has condemned vile attacks on his person by the governing National Democratic Congress which seeks to reduce his chances in the 2016 general elections, saying they will fail.<\/p>\n<p>President John Mahama during his campaign tour in the Western and Northern regions attacked Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s personality and his leadership style, describing him as a dictator and divisive.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, addressing residents at a rally in Bolgantanga as part of his campaign tour of the Upper East Region, Nana Addo said God will see him through.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-243882 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/nana-addo-campaign-1.jpg\" alt=\"nana addo campaign (1)\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst they said I was a drug addict, it didn\u2019t work. They said I was sick, it didn\u2019t work. They said I was too old, it didn\u2019t work. They said I was a hunchback, it didn\u2019t \u00a0work. They said I was a dwarf, it didn\u2019t work. They said I was in a wheelchair, it didn\u2019t work. They said I am a murderer, it didn&#8217;t work. They said I will die in June, it didn\u2019t work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey said I was a dictator, it didn\u2019t work. They said I was intolerant, it didn\u2019t work. They said I was violent, it didn\u2019t work. They said I had a secret agenda to destabilize the country, it didn\u2019t work. Now, they say I have cancer, it will not work,\u201d Nana Addo added.<\/p>\n<p>Nana Addo observed that \u201cit appears the only way the President will get a third term is when I am sick or I am dead\u201d but said \u201cI believe and I continue to say the battle is the Lord\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u2019m Mahama\u2019s campaign<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He also said the president has nothing new for Ghanaians and has thus turned him [Nana Addo] as his campaign message.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President has made me his campaign. I am his campaign in Ghana today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-243883 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/nana-addo-campaign-2.jpg\" alt=\"nana addo campaign (2)\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nana Addo told the NPP supporters and Ghanaians to vote massively for him on December 7 to enable him implement good policies and programmes for the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs defeat stares him (President Mahama) in the face, the language against me is going to go (a notch) higher and higher and higher, because it is clear to the overwhelming majority of Ghanaians that on the 7th of December, we are going to say to John Dramani Mahama, \u2018Thank you and goodbye\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Follow the hashtag <\/em><strong>#GhElections<\/strong><em> on Social Media for election related stories<\/em><br \/>\n&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Godwin A. 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