Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress [NDC] has pooh-poohed the warm reception accorded the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo by the people of Tisto in the Volta Region on Sunday, at the start of the latter's two-day tour of the region.
Peter Boamah Otukonor believes the seeming massive support displayed as a show of affection for President Akufo-Addo during the tour was ‘rented'.
President Akufo-Adoo, who arrived in the Volta Region on Sunday, November 3rd, made a stop at Tsito, a town about half an hour drive from the capital, Ho. He was met on arrival by a boisterous crowd and scores of New Patriotic Party (NPP) faithfuls, who in a frenzied state displayed party paraphenalia, while singing his (the president's) praises.
But Peter Boamah Otukonor was emphatic that the President "cannot be that famous" in a region regarded as the headquarters and the ‘birth place’ of the largest opposition NDC.
He told Kwesi Aboagye, host of NEAT FM’s morning show ‘Ghana Montie’, in an interview that the mammoth crowd seen following the President during his tour were arranged for the public eye.
"So the President is in the Volta Region?...Since when?....Then that means he couldn't partake in the Hogbetsotso, right?....the soundbite you just played could be that of any other group of people showering praise on anybody....over the weekend, former president Mahama attended the EP Church 100th anniversary and whiles heading to Accra from Sogakope, the reception accorded him by residents in and around that area is better seen than described; and that was not a tour. It wasn't even a planned trip!...we (the NDC) are unperturbed at all, this so-called mammoth crowd does not tickle or move us. It is a rented crowd...," Otukunor added.
Listen to interview . . .
President Nana Akufo-Addo today begun a two-day tour of the Volta Region.
The tour begun with a meeting with the Regional Security Council.
The President will then proceed to Adaklu and Akatsi to inspect infrastructural projects and also attend the 30th Anniversary of the Akatsi District Assembly.
President Akufo-Addo is also expected to visit the Volta Star Textiles Company limited amongst other engagements.
Source: King Edward Ambrose Washman Addo/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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Well sit there and play with your grasscutter teeth, what is the direction of the NDC in 2020 election, exactly a year to go, and we are not seeing NDC hitting the grounds running, winning an election is not sitting on radio stations in Accra to spew propaganda massa, continue to tickle yourself and laugh. What does the likes of Otukonor knows about election strategy
Hahahaa we saw alot of buses over 300buses so don't worry we voltarians ain't ***barred word*** and we will never vote for him never
YAW YOU ARE PITIFUL! WAKE UP FROM YOUR SLUMBER DUDE!
Baby with sharp teeth !
keep on fooling saaaaaaaaaaaa
You know this because you and your party are experts in crowd renting
It's unfortunate these ndc still take Voltarians as not enlightened how can you talk like that ? npp don't rent crowd like the ndc so ndc stop making yourselves equal to the npp, they don't care about crowd but believe in the ballot box. You are just idi*ots no wonder your party is not attractive ! your teeth alone put people off! ndc learn sense from the npp and stop your st*upidity it is too much ! did they rent the chiefs who were also waiting for the president? then ndc is very weak in the Volta region! this shows your support base is broken if even they are rented crowd ! shame on you ! bring your policies and programs and you telling Ghanaians you coming to them for their views this means you are foo00*00ls in the party how can you rule a country with somebidy's idea ? sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiii you are really desperate and ***barred word*** ,ndc need kritically thinkers! Akufo Addo didn't consult Ghanaians but he sat down with his own party and discussed about what to do and they each brought their suggestions especially those abroad and npp has thd men who are doing marvellously well abroad who volunteered to sacrifice for their country one is Dr Adu Twum who was doing well in American schools! ndc need kritical thinkers not stakeholders. Agy*imifuo. If you don't have the sense how do you govern a nation! gyi*mue
Otukonnor and the NDC sit in Accra and be talking on radio and TV. Nana Akufo-Addo is a serious politician and has been visiting all the regions in Ghana every year since he came to power. Nana is not playing, he wants to disgrace Julor Mahama again in 2020. Instead of going to the field to work, you and your NDC people are always making propaganda on radio. You think Accra is Ghana. People in Tsito don't even listen to what you say in Accra. The work dey ground so go to the towns and villages and tell them what you can do for them. That is my free advice to you or NDC WILL CRY IN 2020!!
Even the president knows he was met by a rented crowd. But it’s better than addressing an empty space! 2020 will show!!
So you have not learnt the lesson that crowds don't win elections? What crowds didn't NDC pull in 2016? You said in 2016 that the crowd outside the stadium where you organised a REGIONAL rally was more than the crowd that attended NPP's NATIONAL rally at the Trade Fair Centre. What happened?