{"id":24330,"date":"2014-06-12T13:18:03","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T13:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=24330"},"modified":"2014-06-12T20:10:09","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T20:10:09","slug":"asamoah-boateng-joins-npp-race-picks-forms-with-nana-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/asamoah-boateng-joins-npp-race-picks-forms-with-nana-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"Asamoah-Boateng joins NPP race, picks-up forms with Nana Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"
A 2016 presidential hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo has just picked-up nomination forms for the flagbearership race.<\/span><\/p>\n Nana Addo picked-up the form without the usual fanfare that characterizes such events.<\/p>\n Citi News\u2019<\/strong> Sammy Wiafe who was present at the party\u2019s headquarters reported that the two time presidential candidate of the NPP appeared with smiles and confidence.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was very, very confident that once again, he will have the opportunity to lead the party in the 2016 general elections,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Nana Addo is said to have visited the office of the NPP chairman, Paul Afoko and promised to abide by the rules set out by the National Executive Committee of the party.<\/p>\n He also pledged to embark on a clean campaign devoid of insults ahead of the presidential primaries in December adding that, his supporters will be kept in check.<\/p>\n Mr. Akufo-Addo however, refused to speak to the media.<\/p>\n Early on, a former Information Minister under the erstwhile Kufour administration, Stephen Asamoah-Boateng also picked-up the nomination forms giving the clearest indication yet of his intent to contest in the\u00a0presidential race.<\/p>\n