My attention has been drawn to a story on the front page of the Wednesday October 27, 2016 edition of one of the papers from the NDC propaganda stable, the Herald, under the banner headline "Akufo-Addo Rejected 'Ayigbe Boys' revealed".
This purely fabricated story, as the headline suggests, is typical of the NDC way of doing things: tribal politics. It also reflects the panic that the growing popularity of the NPP in the Volta Region is causing a party that has for decades taking the people of that region for granted.
The Herald mentions me amongst a group of other prominent political figures of the Volta Region which it claims Nana Akufo-Addo has sidelined in the party's quest for power.
For the benefit of any unsuspecting member of the public, let me clarify a few otherwise obvious facts:
1. I am very much a proud and active member of the 2016 NPP Campaign. Even more so I am among the very few privileged party members appointed as an Aide to Nana Akufo-Addo and can be seen travelling with him nationwide and speaking on campaign platforms.
I am humbled that Nana Akufo-Addo appointed me as an Aide.
2. Hon. Kofi Dzamesi is currently the NPP Parliamentary Candidate for the Ketu North Constituency, a member of the National Council and, again, Chairman to one of the powerful Sector Committees of the Party that helped put our 2016 Manifesto - CHANGE - Agenda For Change - together. How any fair minded and professional journalist could describe a man who has elected by the party as a council member and appointed by Nana Akufo-Addo as a sector committee chairman as "rejected" by Akufo-Addo and the NPP beats me.
3. Mr Kenwuud Nuworsu is also a member of the Employment & Labour Committee of the 2016 NPP campaign. He is a prominent face of the party on radio and TV particularly in the Volta Region, where he was a regional chairman.
4. Mr Herbert Krapa, is a typical example of the confidence that Akufo-Addo has in the youth. He served for four years as Nana Akufo-Addo's Press Secretary until he gained admission to study law. It was only after Mr Krapa left, with the full blessings and encouragement of his boss, in his professional pursuit, that Eugene Arhin was appointed to fill the gap. Mr Krapa has since gone through the Ghana School of Law and pursuing his Masters in Laws at the prestigious London School of Economics.
No amount of propaganda can taint the mentorship that young patriots like Herbert, Eugene and myself earn from the great and experienced man.As Campaign Aide, may I assure the Herald and its paymasters that we shall not be detracted from our campaign tour of the Volta region. We are humbled by the open show of massive support from the Chiefs and people of the Volta region.
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