Nana Akufo-Addo, presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is targeting 50 percent of valid votes that will be cast in the northern part of the country in the upcoming polls.
Nana Akufo-Addo noted that the one region for which the NPP’s votes have appreciated in every election is the Northern Region, evident in the party increasing its parliamentary seats it hold in the region from 3 in 2008 to 10 in 2012.
This, he stressed, is indicative of the fact that the party’s target of receiving at least 50% of the popular vote and the majority of parliamentary seats in the region is well within reach.
He made this known when he addressed a mammoth rally of tens and tens of thousands of people at the NPP’s Northern Regional Rally, at the Tamale Jubilee Park.
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"I have come here to the people of the Northern Region to ask for your support. The Northern Region is the one region in this country, in every election, that the NPP’s position improves. We began with 25% in 2000 and we have gotten to 40% in 2012. I am praying that, by the grace of the Almighty, we are going to get at least 50% of the popular vote and the majority of the parliamentary seats," he said.
He, thus, urged all eligible voters in the region to vote massively for the NPP, appealing that "let nobody say we have already won this election. Everybody, on 7th December, when you get up, take your card and go and cast your vote. If you want change, you have to vote for change."