Papa Owusu-Ankomah, the Member of Parliament for Sekondi, has appealed to delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) not to elect a “trial and error presidential candidate” when they go to the polls on Saturday to pick a presidential candidate for the Party.

“We don’t need a trial and error presidential candidate. We need a candidate who has proven himself over time that he is not only a candidate but also a good leader for the party and for the nation,” he said.

Papa Owusu-Ankomah said this on Tuesday when he addressed a rally of polling station executives at the Effiakuma Police Park in the Effia constituency when Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, a flagbearer hopeful of the NPP, rounded off his campaign tour of the Western Region.

Nana Akufo-Addo met delegates from Effia, Sekondi, Kweisimintsim, Essikadu Ketan, Ahanta West and Takoradi constituencies.

This followed his afternoon meeting at Daboase where he met delegates from Shama, Mpohor and Wassa East constituencies.

Mr Owusu-Ankomah told the delegates that “as a leader, you need to listen to the ground because most often than not the voice of the people is the voice of God.”

He said what the people of this country did in 2012 was to elect a trial and error President but they now want a leader who is tried and tested and had proved himself.

“That person, amongst all those who are contesting, is Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo,” Nana Akufo-Addo said.

He said his endorsement of Nana Akufo-Addo was premised on the fact that the NPP needed a presidential candidate who would win the 2016 elections and then work for Ghana.

“We have to elect someone who is loyal, puts the interest of the party first and thinks of Ghana ahead of his own self,” he said and added that the delegates also needed to elect someone who had demonstrated he had the knowledge to lead this country.

Papa Owusu-Ankomah appealed to the 140,000 plus delegates to surpass the 80.81% votes they gave Nana Akufo-Addo at the Special Electoral College on August 31.