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Disregard anti-Moslem propaganda against NPP - Nana Addo

Nana Akufo-Addo made this known on the final day of his tour of the Central Region on Monday, June 20, when he paid a courtesy call on the Sarkin Zongo of Winneba, Chief Sulemana Salaga, in the Effutu constituency.

 

“As usual they will come with their usual politics of ‘NPP does not like Moslems’, but I am urging you to ignore them. In 8 years of President Kufuor, nothing was done to indicate that we did not like Moslems. Under my tenure of office, nothing of that sort will be done,” he said.

According to him, the argument that the NPP is against muslims is baseless considering the fact that he had selected Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to be his running mate, just as all other flagbearers of the NPP before him had selected Moslems as their running mates, including the late Alhaji Aliu Mahama, Vice President to President Kufuor.

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“This is all propaganda. Do not listen to them, and, also, urge the young men and women under your care to ignore such talk. Let us vote for the person and party who can do the work and bring wealth and prosperity to the people,” he added.

He said when voted into power, he will reintroduce the payment of allowances to Islamic instructors, which had been scrapped by the Mahama government.

“Because of the good management of the economy by President Kufuor, he was able to pay these allowances. However, they have been cancelled by President Mahama because of the mismanagement of the economy. When I win the elections, I will reintroduce it,” he added.

He further told the Zongo community in Winneba to be mindful of the fact that “the hardship and poverty that has drenched the entire country does not only affect the Zongo community, or Christians. It is affecting all of us in Ghana. So those who come to you in the name of politics of division must be ignored. Those kinds of politicians are not after your welfare. I am here to do a job for all Ghanaians so we bring progress to all.”

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