My attention has been drawn to ongoing media reportage and commentary being made by some members of the New Patriotic Party, and, unsurprisingly, by our political opponents to the effect there is a fractured relationship between President John Agyekum Kufuor and myself.
The allegations that are making the rounds include the fact that President Kufuor did not support my presidential bids in 2008 and in 2012, and is also not in support of my bid to lead the party into the 2016 general elections, amongst others.
I would like to place on record
that these allegations, pointing to an unhealthy relationship between
President Kufuor and myself, are false.
In 2008, President
Kufuor, when President of the Republic, supported fully my bid to become
president of our country and gave me his unstinting assistance.
Likewise, in 2012, the support I received from him was unflinching, as
it was during the entire course of the now famous election petition. It
remains my firm conviction that his two-term government, in which I had
the privilege to serve as Attorney General and Foreign Minister, has
been the best government this country has had, and I am proud to have
been a member of it. Never has there been a point in time where our
former President has done anything detrimental to me, as a person, or to
the party with me as its presidential candidate. As far as the 2016
election is concerned, President Kufuor has made it clear to all and
sundry that he does not support any particular candidate and will work
to help whoever emerges from the presidential primary as the party’s
candidate.
These false allegations do not bode well for our
internal cohesion as a party, and I plead with all members who have been
fed with these untruths to desist from propagating them any further.
Such unguarded pronouncements could give our opponents comfort from
their non-performance.
I am compelled to inform the public
that President Kufuor and I remain in regular communication with each
other, and I make it a point to visit him every week. Such actions
cannot be suggestive of a fractured relationship between two colleagues.
I urge NPP faithful not to be side-tracked by such falsehoods, but
remain focused, bearing in mind that the people of Ghana are looking up
to us to make the necessary arrangements that will give them the
confidence to trust us with the mandate to serve them once again.
……signed……
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