Akufo-Addo donates to flood victims

Bolgatanga, September 16, GNA - Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and NEPAD, has donated 330 maxi-bags of corn worth more than 100 million cedis to flood victims in the Upper East Region.

The spokesperson for Nana Akufo-Addo's campaign team, Mr. Mustapha Hamid, made the presentation to the Upper East Regional Coordinating Council on Saturday.

Nana Akufo-Addo, who is seeking to be elected as the NPP's presidential candidate for Election 2008, said as brothers and each other's keeper, it became necessary for him to make a personal donation to flood victims in the area.

He said he should have been in the region earlier on a campaign tour but had to postpone it because of the disaster. The Upper East Regional Minister Mr. Alhassan Samari who received the items, thanked Nana Akufo-Addo for the donation. Mr. Samari said it was important for non-governmental organisations and donor agencies to assist the government to cater for the flood victims.

"Government alone cannot assist the flood victims. Other partners in development need to contribute to alleviate the plight of the victims."

Briefing the media after the donation, Mr. Hamid said Nana Akufo-Addo had donated 13 motorcycles to NPP's offices in all the 13 constituencies of the region to enable them to perform their duties effectively and efficiently.

He said the media also owed it as a duty to help project and market a candidate who would be able to run the affairs of the country very well.

Mr. Hamid said Nana Akofo-Addo, a human rights advocate who fought for the repeal of the criminal libel law, deserved to be given the nod to run as NPP's presidential candidate and appealed to party delegates and Ghanaians to support his candidature for the 2008 elections.