“You have nothing to fear with me, nothing whatsoever to fear in me,” Nana Addo told Voltarians while addressing the Awomefia of Anloga, Togbui Sri III,

In the last election, the ruling NDC won the region by a whopping 85 percent.

“I believe that the time has come for us to find a way to build a better relationship, and that is why I am here, through your good offices, to build a relationship of confidence and trust between our party and the Volta Region, its chiefs and people,” he said.

“J.A. Kufuor in the 8 years that he was in office indicated to the people of the region and to the Ghanaians that it was possible to rule Ghana without discrimination, and without ill-will or favour towards any particular person, but in the overall interest of our country. Volta Region got many of the things it was entitled to in his era. I am coming to build on that legacy and add more to it,” he added.

According to him, he intends to prosecute a developmental agenda that is encompassing without discrimination.

He skewered the NDC’s management of the economy while addressing the Awomefia. He noted that the country is in difficult times and for the npp to salvage what is left with the economy, he will need the support of Voltarians.

“These are not good times for Ghana and I don’t believe there is any honest person who can state that these are good times in Ghana. They are not good times in Ghana. We can build a better time for ourselves in Ghana, and we can build a stronger and more prosperous nation. I believe from the very bottom of my soul that it is possible,” he said.

“we have the leadership, the men and women if given the opportunity, who can make Ghana prosperous and fulfil the dreams of our ancestors who began the struggle for the freedom of our country. For that to happen, the NPP needs the full and active support of the people of this important region.”

He pledge not to disappoint the region if he is given support, saying it would “be one of the watershed moments in the history of our country.”

“iI would be one of the watershed moments in the history of our country if this year the Volta region was to say, ‘after all these efforts that you have made, Akufo-Addo we are going to try you this time. We are going to put our trust in you and try you’.  I came here to say that if you arrive at that conclusion, I will not disappoint you.”

He promised to build a harbour at Keta when he wins the elections.

Nana Addo added that his government will intensify and accelerate efforts to determine if the Volta Basin has oil deposits in commercial quantities.

“We are here to ask for your intercession and that of the Chiefs with whom you work to say, we want to turn over a new leaf in the book of Ghana. A new leaf that is going to say tribal and ethnic considerations are not the issues that will determine the life of our country in the 21 century. What will determine the life of our nation is competence, quality, honesty and integrity in the ordering of our state. Once that message goes through, the impetus that it will give to the nation is incalculable,” he added.