Three Reasons Why The NDC Fears Nana Addo

When the Supreme Court of Ghana delivered its verdict on the election case, I was probably the first person to urge Nana Addo on my Facebook wall to run again in 2016. The reason I gave was that the NDC could no longer impugn the man’s character with any diabolic accusations. By his gracious acceptance of the verdict, Nana had disarmed his political foes. In effect, therefore, he had been tried and tested politically and has proven to all his critics that he takes no pleasure in violence. So now Nana Addo has an impeccable political record, a necessary factor to place him above his opponents at any polls. In fact, this is what the NDC has realized and are making frantic efforts to nullify it. All the calls by NDC for Nana to be replaced are born out of crass viciousness or malice. Be warned, no one would wish his opponent well in any contest. It has never happened. So those who take NDC’s call to replace Nana as the flag bearer seriously are making fools of themselves.

Corruption is a very damning practice in the Ghanaian political sphere. No political guru stands above corruption, but Nana Addo has openly claimed that corruption is not in his record and till date, no one has come out to challenge his claim. While in public office as an Attorney General and Minister of Justice he set up a fast track court to facilitate the delivery of justice. And it is on record that he did not allow himself to be corrupted by the office he occupied. Indeed, he is presently the only seasoned politician with the guts to exact justice. We need someone who can retrieve all the stolen monies under the guise of judgment debt payments, and Nana Addo is perfectly cut for the task.

The third reason the NDC fear Nana Addo is that among all the NPP Presidential aspirants, he is best positioned to win the Presidency for the NPP. Statistics based on the previous polls show his performance swinging between 47%-49%, an average 3% short of clinching the presidency. And the fear of the NDC is that the 3% is attainable when the right strategies are deployed. Therefore, they will do everything necessary to shift the voters’ attention from the main issues at stake. I must also add that those 47%-49% of voters are people he has courted over the years and will vote for him at any given day. In summary, those are the three factors that put fear in Nana‘s opponents—his statesmanship and respect for the rule of law, corruption-free life, and the voter advantage.

But before I conclude, let me use this opportunity to advise my fellow patriots that we learn a thing or two from the NDC. The late Prof. Mills before he became the president was terminally ill. His illness was obvious, but for the fear of drawing a backlash from the public the NPP failed to use the professor’s illness as a campaign tool to their advantage. Howbeit, the NPP sat back and allowed NDC communicators to massacre Nana Addo’s character with drug issues and his alleged high temper. Needless to say, his detractors have been proven wrong, thanks to his acceptance of the Supreme Court’s verdict. As their last weapon, the NDC will use the age factor to discredit Nana’s bid to run again for the presidency. Take my word, the NDC will not relent on this; they will use their tabloids to execute their agenda to perfection. The question is, will the NPP sit back this time around while the massacre continues? Our response to the NDC should be, “we have a youthful president who is sleeping on the job,” according to Nana Addo. We must respond in unison and with spontaneity. That’s how you handle a vicious opponent the type of NDC.