President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revealed moves by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to get him to contest as the party’s presidential candidate in the 2020 polls.
He, however, said he was yet to give a firm answer to the calls from the rank and file of the party.
On December 7, 2016, then candidate Akufo-Addo, on his third attempt to occupy the highest office of the land, led the NPP to its greatest electoral victory in history when he polled 5,716,026 votes, representing 53.9 per cent of the popular votes cast, to beat the incumbent John Dramani Mahama, who garnered 4,713,277 votes, representing 44.4 per cent of the votes cast.
During the visit, President Akufo-Addo was taken on a tour of the school and was presented with framed group pictures of his football and cricket teams by his classmates, led by Sir Christopher John Rome Meyer, a former British Ambassador to the United States and Germany and former Chairman of the Press Complaints Commission of the UK.
President Akufo-Addo stated that the people of Ghana had stuck with the democratic path, open society and government, respect for human rights and individual liberties for the past two and a half decades and believed that development must take place within that context.
President Akufo-Addo described as offensive and unacceptable the posture of African nations with cup in hand begging for alms in the midst of rich and abundant natural and human resources.
He explained that if Africa’s untapped wealth, coupled with its position as a bread basket, was properly managed and judiciously redirected for the benefit of the people, the continent would assume its rightful position and engender the required progress and development.
The President said the challenge of moving Ghana away from relying on handouts was one of the challenges that had engaged his time and efforts.
President Akufo-Addo said looking at the number of West Africans who had attended the school, it was time the school established its presence in West Africa.
Sir Christopher, in response, described their 1957 class as a “glorious class” and his classmate, President Akufo-Addo, as a fine mind, very intelligent and a person whose eloquence, clarity of speech and wit made him to stand out.
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