Osagyefo Agyeman Badu II, Paramount Chief of the Dormaa Traditional Area, has called on voters to critically evaluate presidential candidates of the various political parties for Election 2008 to make the right choice.
He said voters should not hesitate to drop candidates who used money or made wild promises to influence them.
Osagyefo Agyeman Badu made the call at Dormaa in
the Brong Ahafo Region during an interaction with Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama, who visited the palace to announce his bid as a presidential aspirant of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP).
He said politics was not about money but the development of the country.
Osagyefo Agyeman Badu said, although the numerous candidates seeking to lead the NPP in next year's election was testimony of internal democracy, there was the need to avoid any trouble.
He commended the Vice President for conducting himself excellently and wished him well in his presidential ambition.
Alhaji Aliu said his zeal to lead the NPP in Election 2008 was based on the fact that he could appeal to floating voters and serve as a bridge between Christians and Muslims, the rich and poor and all ethnic groups.
The Vice President also interacted with Beyeman Boseah Gyiantwi IV, chief of Drobo where he described himself as the most experienced man to take over from President John Agyekum Kufuor in January 2009.
Addressing members of the Asunafi North District Assembly at Goaso, he expressed concern about the rising incidents of armed robbery among the youth hence the need to create employment to prevent them from such anti-social activities.
At Wenchi, Vice President Aliu interacted with the family of the late Prime Minister Dr Kofi Abrefa Busia and laid a wreath at the Mausoleum.
Dr. Busia who was born on July 11, 1913 died on August 28, 1978. He died in exile after his government was overthrown in 1972 by the National Redemption Council after 27 months in office.
The Vice President said Dr Busia, who was among the doyen of the Danquah-Busia tradition was a great leader with huge vision and leadership in Ghana and Africa.
He said he had therefore come to his roots to seek blessing for his presidential bid.
Nana Kofi Apea, bother and Nana Frema, sister of Dr Busia called for God's blessings for the Vice President.
Source: GNA
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