The 2016 flagbearer of the Independent People’s Party (PPP), Mr Kofi Akpaloo, has declared his support for the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo for the December elections.
According to him, "Though we are a new party, if you give us the opportunity we will be able to transform Ghana but we don’t want to shelve those ideas."
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He said "As a party, when it comes to job creation we believe we have fantastic ideas and also putting money into people’s pocket with child benefits and unemployment benefits. So we decided to speak to the political parties and one party gave us the opportunity to help them and [and in return] they will implement this idea."
Speaking to the media, Akpaloo said his decision to declare his support for Nana Akufo-Addo because the NPP has agreed to use some policies of the IPP.
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He said, "The party we agreed to work with is also preaching jobs and this party is the New Patriotic Party whose presidential candidate is Nana Akufo-Addo. So the executives of IPP are ready to work with that party to do the necessary campaign to capture power."
Mr Akpaloo added that the IPP won't be part of the NPP but will campaign for them.
"It doesn’t mean we are going to be part of the party, we are helping the party now to win power and after 2016, we re-organise our party and move on."
Akpaloo becomes the second flagbearer to endorse Nana Addo after flagbearer of the United Progressive Party (UPP) Mr Odike withdrawn his nomination from the presidential race.
They [Akpaloo and Odike] were among the 13 presidential aspirants the Electoral Commission disqualified.