General News of Tuesday, 6 September 2016Source: citifmonline.com80% Ashanti votes will get us close to Jubilee House – Nana AddoNana Addo Dankwa Akufo-AddoThree-time flagbearer of opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo, has said the party is likely to win power to govern the country in the upcoming December 7 general election, if it secures 80 percent of the total votes in the Ashanti Region. “The polls going on in Ashanti Region are encouraging; but we all know that if we hit 80% of the popular votes in Ashanti, we have one and a half feet in the door of Jubilee House. So I’m begging you, let us make this year 2016 the year of the elephant,” Akufo-Addo said when he was addressing executives and parliamentary candidates in the Ashanti Region on Monday. In the Ashanti Region, Akufo-Addo had 70.86% and 56.91% in the Eastern Region, while his biggest contender, President John Mahama, had 28.35% and 40.03 in those regions respectively. Nana Addo further called for cooperation among members in the party saying “we understand that cooperation is at the centre of our success.

Source: GhanaWeb September 06, 2016 06:11 UTC