{"id":851,"date":"2023-11-16T21:07:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T21:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=851"},"modified":"2023-11-16T21:07:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T21:07:00","slug":"politicians-who-stoke-tribal-religious-sentiments-have-no-message-says-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=851","title":{"rendered":"Politicians who stoke tribal, religious sentiments have no message, says Akufo-Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo<\/a> has urged Ghanaians to be wary of politicians whose sole aim is to incite tribal and religious sentiments.<\/p>\n

Those politicians, he said, had nothing good to offer the nation, especially in the bid to strengthen multiparty democracy, diversity, peace and unity of purpose.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy advice to the electorate is that they reject such people as we get close to the 2024 general election.\u201d<\/p>\n

President Akufo-Addo, addressing the chiefs and people of Bantama<\/a>, in Kumasi, at the inauguration of an e-library project, said the people should be circumspect about their choice of leaders for the nation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat matters most is that we give the nod to leaders whose competency, track record and integrity cannot be doubted.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact, we cannot entrust the destiny of the nation into the hands of incompetent leaders to the detriment of our sustainable growth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

President Nana Akufo-Addo described next year\u2019s presidential and parliamentary elections as critical as they would determine the direction of the nation in her development agenda.<\/p>\n

On the election of Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia<\/a> as the presidential candidate of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), he said the move was appropriate given his experience, expertise and track record.<\/p>\n

The presidential candidate of the NPP, he said, was a man of substance and also honest \u2013 a man who could be trusted to successfully spearhead the affairs of the nation.<\/p>\n

The NPP had demonstrated commitment to Ghana\u2019s development and growth over the years, therefore, the electorate should retain the Party in next year\u2019s polls to ensure progress, the President appealed.<\/p>\n

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