{"id":158334,"date":"2015-10-08T17:23:10","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T17:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=158334"},"modified":"2015-10-08T17:25:08","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T17:25:08","slug":"nana-addo-targets-80-votes-in-ashanti-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/10\/nana-addo-targets-80-votes-in-ashanti-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Nana Addo targets 80% votes in Ashanti Region"},"content":{"rendered":"

Flag bearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has tasked the executives of his party in the Ashanti Region to ensure that they get 80% votes in the 2016 election.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”2jUwcTpZr8sQPdcC8Bgfa20g2iCKS1gL”]He said\u00a0\u201cin the 2000 election, then candidate Kufuor achieved some 72% in the 1st<\/sup> round. In the 2nd<\/sup> round, I\u00a0achieved 79.5%, which rounds off to 80%. This meant victory for me\u00a0and victory for the NPP. Let us understand that 80% of the popular vote in Ashanti must come to us and I am the next President of Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said such a dream can be possible if the leadership of the NPP and all the members in the Ashanti region work harder.<\/p>\n

Nana Akufo-Addo gave the\u00a0charge at a meeting with\u00a0regional and constituency executives as well as parliamentary candidates in the Ashanti Region on day one of his\u00a0\u201cRise and Build Tour\u201d of the party’s traditional stronghold region.<\/p>\n

The NPP flagbearer outlined three (3) important steps to be undertaken by the leadership of the NPP in the region to ensure that the party is elected in 2016.<\/p>\n

Nana Addo admonished the executives to leave in peace and harmony with each other\u00a0and tasked the parliamentary candidates to ensure that everyone is brought on board.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need every single vote in Ashanti to be able to get the 80% target we have set,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

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By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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