At a brief press conference at his Ridge office in Accra, he re-emphasised his commitment to work for a united NPP, focusing on a common opponent, “whom we must beat convincingly”.
He said he was grateful for the confidence the delegates had re-affirmed in him by overwhelmingly endorsing him. He especially thanked his campaign team and the entire party for organising the elections “without any hitch”.
Nana Akufo-Addo also thanked fellow contestants, saying, “We are all members of the great elephant family and I trust that we will all work together to advance the cause of the NPP and, even more importantly, of mother Ghana.”
“The overwhelming endorsement is truly humbling. Today’s results show, I believe, that the party continues to remain emphatically united,” he stated.
Relatedly, Nana Ohene Ntow, the spokesperson for Mr John Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, one of the presidential aspirants of the party has, said he is surprised at the outcome of the Special Electoral College (SEC), in which Mr Kyerematen got 54 votes out of 740 ballots cast.
“It is surprising to me honestly; it is surprising we have these huge margins between Nana Akufo-Addo and Mr Kyerematen,” he stated.
The two-time presidential candidate of the NPP, Nana Akufo-Addo, secured an emphatic win at the Super Delegates Congress of the party, polling 598 votes, representing 80.78 per cent.
His closest contender, Mr Kyerematen, obtained a paltry tally of 59 votes, representing 7.98 per cent, while Mr Francis Addai Nimoh and the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joe Ghartey, obtained 22 votes each which is 2.98 per cent of total votes cast each, with Mr Osei Ameyaw managing 16 votes (2.17 per cent) to pick up the last ticket to the October 18 national delegates’ congress.
Former Information Minister Stephen Asamoah Boateng (13 votes) and former Trade Minister Dr Kofi Konadu Apraku (10 votes) dropped out of the race with 1.76 per cent and 1.35 per cent, respectively.
In an interview monitored on Joy FM, Nana Ohene Ntow stressed that in view of what Mr Kyerematen had done for the party, the outcome was very surprising.
He, however, said “we have a major one ahead of us; it is important to note that the statistics we are dealing with now are so insignificant as compared to the delegates voting at the expanded congress”.
In his view, the NPP has a process that allows an expanded electoral college to elect the party’s flag bearer.
He said while delegates at the SEC had a right to make a choice and vote the way they had done, the larger expanded delegates must also not be denied their right of making a choice.
He said Nana Akufo-Addo had dominated the party’s internal structures for a while, but believed Mr Kyrematen would improve his margin at the bigger congress.
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