President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured ex-president Rawlings that his time in office will not be spent hounding political opponents.
He said with Ghanaians facing “huge challenges, unprecedented levels of joblessness, high costs of living, widespread and rampant cases of corruption, and deterioration in governance and in the quality of our health and education services”, his focus would be to provide “effective leadership” to address such challenges and place the country on “the path of progress and prosperity”.
Responding to Saturday’s letter from the former leader calling on him to unite Ghanaians and fight corruption in the country following his triumph in the December 7 polls, Mr Akufo-Addo wrote that he would set about rapidly improving the living standards of Ghanaians.
“For this to happen, I would need the unalloyed support of every Ghanaian, irrespective of their ethnic group or religious or political affiliation. There can be no room in such an undertaking for witch-hunting or acts of political vendetta or harassment. No member of the NDC has anything to fear from my future government,” he promised, continuing: “I am fully committed to pursuing ‘an anti-corruption drive across-the board’, as you put it, which will be fully anchored in the rule of law and strict respect for due process. That is the best form of security for every citizen of the country.”
Mr Akufo-Addo’s letter is reproduced below:
11th December, 2016
H.E. Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings
Former President of the Republic
Accra.
Your Excellency,
This is to acknowledge with thanks your letter of December 10, 2016, with its heart-warming contents.
Our people, as clearly expressed in your letter, are confronted with huge challenges, unprecedented levels of joblessness, high costs of living, widespread and rampant cases of corruption, and deterioration in governance and in the quality of our health and education services – which they want addressed.
My goal is to provide effective leadership, which is honest, competent and determined to deliver, and address these challenges, so that we can put our nation onto the path of progress and prosperity, and, thereby, improve rapidly the standards of living of Ghanaians.
For this to happen, I would need the unalloyed support of every Ghanaian, irrespective of their ethnic group or religious or political affiliation. There can be no room in such an undertaking for witch-hunting or acts of political vendetta or harassment. No member of the NDC has anything to fear from my future government.
I am fully committed to pursuing “an anti-corruption drive across-the board”, as you put it, which will be fully anchored in the rule of law and strict respect for due process. That is the best form of security for every citizen of the country.
Once again, many thanks for your letter of congratulations.
Warm regards and best wishes.
Yours sincerely,
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
President-Elect
Source, OTECNEWS, Story by John and Protocol
