The founder of All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga has declared his support for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, John Mahama ahead of the December polls.
Mr Ayariga at a media address in Accra on Monday said the decision to endorse President John Mahama followed careful consideration of the attributes and competence of two presidential candidates who approached his APC for endorsement.
“two political parties and an independent candidate approached the leadership of the APC for endorsement. We based our declaration on the political leaders that actually want our support; nothing more, nothing less.”
“…even in the midst of crisis, he listens to people, he remains calm, no matter how much people try to knock him down, he never ever quits. That is the man I know so well. I am proud to offer my help, my voice, my energy, and my commitment and the National Executive Committee of APC and the entire membership of the party across Ghana to declare our support for President John Mahama,” he said.
Ayariga had over the weekend challenged the endorsement of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate, Nana Akufo Addo, by the APC’ General Secretary, Razak Opoku and his running mate, Carl Bartels.
He said the two had been sacked by the party on Friday [November 25] after he discovered they had had a secret meeting with the NPP, against party rules.
But the two insisted at a press conference on Sunday that their decision was backed by the National Executive Committee of the party.
In their statement, they said, “This endorsement of Nana Akufo-Addo has become very necessary considering the high level of incompetence, corruption, mismanagement of the economy, high rate of unemployment, killer taxes, collapsing of the private sector businesses, high utility bills, nepotism, tribal politicking etc. under the 8 years rule of John Mahama NDC. Enough is enough and the trending song now is a change of incompetent John Mahama Presidency.”
They also, “wished Hassan Ayariga (APC Founder & Leader) well for his personal decision to endorse John Mahama for the Presidency on the 28th November 2016 at the Aviation Social Centre.”
Ayariga, who disassociated himself from the two individuals clarified, that his endorsement for President Mahama did not extend to the various parliamentary candidates of the NDC.
“Our endorsement is merely for the Presidential candidate and not the party because we have a party.”
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