Akufo-Addo m "scammed"; Alliance alliance "deviated" from the alliance – Odike crying

General News of Saturday, March 16, 2019

Source: mynewsgh.com

2019-03-16

Akwasi Addai Odike, founder and leader of the Unified Progressive Party (UPP), laments because the current president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has refused to keep his promise of an alliance package that his party had agreed with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the run-up to the 2016 elections, reports MyNewsGh.com.

He revealed that he had met with the president 15 times since he had obtained power, just to make sure that he was fulfilling his part of the contract, but he was still launching it, as well as other leaders of his party UPP, with the badurance that he would do it.

"I have personally met the President 15 times here in Kumasi and Accra and every time he tells Odike, he will have to be patient. But that never comes in two years. They have to stay true to what we all agree on, otherwise we'll wash our dirty leanings in public, "he threatened Kumasi-based Angel Fm and watched by MyNewsGh.com

According to him, the UPP negotiated a package with Akufo Addo, then a candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), before their two parties allied to campaign for the presidency.

It will be remembered that Mr. Odike, who had previously retired from the 2016 elections, openly declared his support for candidate Nana Akufo Addo in November 2016 and went on campaigning for him from there.

"We support the NPP candidate simply because his vision and ours are almost identical, we believe in industrialization, we believe that industries are the best way to improve the situation of this country, "Mr. Odike said in an interview that he had awarded Citi FM on November 10, 2016.

He added that "Nana Addo is a very humble, very affable person and a man of intelligence. So we think that if this man is at the helm of this nation's affairs [and he is also a listener]we can advise it in many ways to improve the lot of this country.

Although he does not disclose the details of this agreement with the candidate Akufo Addo and his party, he said that people like the current mayor of Kumasi, Osei Assibey Antwi, were aware of this case.

He added that his party had met with dedicated members of the NPP, most of whom were appointed members and ministers of the current government, before later meeting Nana Akufo Addo to finalize the transaction at the Beauty Queen restaurant in Kumasi.

His comments come back from a meeting of his party's National Executive Committee in Accra this week, where he was voted unanimously to dismiss him from the UPP.

Speaking about the development of Kumasi-based Angel FM, Akwasi Addai said the leaders had made that decision because they felt disappointed to have helped Nana Akufo Addo to conquer power for more than two years. their.

He said that he had done his best to get the president to fulfill his commitment to the UPP, but this one fell into the ears of a deaf man and he can not nothing to do because he has his hands tied.

The businessman turned politician said that there are many members of the UPP who can behave much better than some appointed members of this government. He said that no one could kick him out of the UPP, as had been communicated by party leaders.