NANA ADDO SNUBS ELDERS’ COUNSEL
…and display perceived weakness - arrogance
…and display perceived weakness - arrogance
By Charles Takyi-Boadu
There appear to be little or virtually no headway in bringing the two major factions, the Nana Addo and Allan camps that exist in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) together.
Credible sources within the high ranks of the NPP have been speaking with The Chronicle about how the party’s Presidential Candidate in the 2008 general elections, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has and continues to refuse to pay heed to advices for him to try and make amends with Allan Kyeremateng and his boys.
Information has it that though the two individuals exchange pleasantries in public as though everything is fine, a cold war exist between them.
Party sources attribute this to what they describe as ‘the overbearing confidence’ of Nana Addo.
“You see we wanted him to take the initiative to talk Allan down as a young brother so we could all go and add our voices to it but he has continuously refused to pay heed to these advice, thereby making it extremely difficult to broker a deal for him to go as a compromised Candidate in 2012 since Allan and his boys could pose a serious threat to his Presidential bid”, the source said.
Our sources have it that just after the 2008 elections; some key but influential members of the party advised Nana Addo to not only call but also thank Allan for his immense support during the electioneering campaign, taking into consideration that fact that he (Allan) buried his difference and accompanied him to almost every part of the country to canvass for votes.
This advice came in the wake of the party’s bid to present a formidable front to the 2012 elections in order to avoid a fully-fledged Presidential primary, with party elders and leadership trying to broker a deal to get a compromised Candidate to stand in the next elections.
However, this is said not to have yielded any fruits since according to sources, Nana Addo have relegated the counsel to the background as he was nursing an ambition to re-run for the position in the next NPP Presidential primaries.
On virtually all occasions that Nana Addo was said to have been advised to try and make amends with Allan who by all standards wield a large following and influence in the NPP, our sources say he has swept it under the carpet, boosting of being confident to floor Allan in any given elections and thus does not need his support to sail through, all in the name of pride.
This is said to have raised concerns among party guru’s, some of who have even sought to question Nana Addo’s sense of commitment to his claim of wanting to unify the party in the face of creeping and seeping divisions in the rank and file of the NPP.
As a result of this, the two are said to be engaged in a vicious media warfare, trying to make or unmake one another.
But former Spokesperson and close aide of Nana Addo, Dr Arthur Kobina Kennedy denies there is a rift between Nana Addo and Allan let alone for talks between them to break down.
According to him, the supposed rift is only perceived and not real in its original sense.
Interestingly, Nana Addo is yet to say thank you to the seventeen or so NPP Presidential Aspirants who rallied support behind him after party’s Presidential primaries which saw him emerging as its Presidential Candidate in the 2008 elections.
That notwithstanding Nana Addo seems to be making headway in his bid to make amends with former President Kufuor, having visited him at his residence for not less than three times within the month of May alone.
Not too long ago, Nana Addo was said to have visited the former President at his Airport with a team of prominent citizens as efforts to iron out their differences and presented Mr. Kufuor with a white goat to pacify him for whatever differences they might have had in the past.
Though the meeting was said to have been held and ended in a friendly atmosphere, Mr. Kufuor was said to have spoken his heart and mind out and after indicated his preparedness to make amends with Nana Addo since he was holding nothing against him.
There appear to be little or virtually no headway in bringing the two major factions, the Nana Addo and Allan camps that exist in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) together.
Credible sources within the high ranks of the NPP have been speaking with The Chronicle about how the party’s Presidential Candidate in the 2008 general elections, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has and continues to refuse to pay heed to advices for him to try and make amends with Allan Kyeremateng and his boys.
Information has it that though the two individuals exchange pleasantries in public as though everything is fine, a cold war exist between them.
Party sources attribute this to what they describe as ‘the overbearing confidence’ of Nana Addo.
“You see we wanted him to take the initiative to talk Allan down as a young brother so we could all go and add our voices to it but he has continuously refused to pay heed to these advice, thereby making it extremely difficult to broker a deal for him to go as a compromised Candidate in 2012 since Allan and his boys could pose a serious threat to his Presidential bid”, the source said.
Our sources have it that just after the 2008 elections; some key but influential members of the party advised Nana Addo to not only call but also thank Allan for his immense support during the electioneering campaign, taking into consideration that fact that he (Allan) buried his difference and accompanied him to almost every part of the country to canvass for votes.
This advice came in the wake of the party’s bid to present a formidable front to the 2012 elections in order to avoid a fully-fledged Presidential primary, with party elders and leadership trying to broker a deal to get a compromised Candidate to stand in the next elections.
However, this is said not to have yielded any fruits since according to sources, Nana Addo have relegated the counsel to the background as he was nursing an ambition to re-run for the position in the next NPP Presidential primaries.
On virtually all occasions that Nana Addo was said to have been advised to try and make amends with Allan who by all standards wield a large following and influence in the NPP, our sources say he has swept it under the carpet, boosting of being confident to floor Allan in any given elections and thus does not need his support to sail through, all in the name of pride.
This is said to have raised concerns among party guru’s, some of who have even sought to question Nana Addo’s sense of commitment to his claim of wanting to unify the party in the face of creeping and seeping divisions in the rank and file of the NPP.
As a result of this, the two are said to be engaged in a vicious media warfare, trying to make or unmake one another.
But former Spokesperson and close aide of Nana Addo, Dr Arthur Kobina Kennedy denies there is a rift between Nana Addo and Allan let alone for talks between them to break down.
According to him, the supposed rift is only perceived and not real in its original sense.
Interestingly, Nana Addo is yet to say thank you to the seventeen or so NPP Presidential Aspirants who rallied support behind him after party’s Presidential primaries which saw him emerging as its Presidential Candidate in the 2008 elections.
That notwithstanding Nana Addo seems to be making headway in his bid to make amends with former President Kufuor, having visited him at his residence for not less than three times within the month of May alone.
Not too long ago, Nana Addo was said to have visited the former President at his Airport with a team of prominent citizens as efforts to iron out their differences and presented Mr. Kufuor with a white goat to pacify him for whatever differences they might have had in the past.
Though the meeting was said to have been held and ended in a friendly atmosphere, Mr. Kufuor was said to have spoken his heart and mind out and after indicated his preparedness to make amends with Nana Addo since he was holding nothing against him.
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