TAMALE GIVES AKUFO-ADDO A GRAND WELCOME AHEAD OF IEA DEBATE

The Tamale Metropolis, usually bustling with activities on any afternoon, came to a complete standstill on Saturday afternoon as the city gave NPP Presidential candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo a grand welcome on his arrival in the city ahead of Tuesday’s Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) Presidential debate.

 

Nana Akufo-Addo who arrived from the Western Region following a five day tour of the region, was met on arrival by thousands of enthusiastic supporters and admirers who breached long distances to meet the man they want to see as Ghana’s President on the outskirts of Tamale.

 

The thousands who waited patiently at Datoyili until the arrival of Nana Akufo-Addo proudly followed it up by heralding the NPP Presidential candidate into the metropolis as a show of the overwhelming support and popularity of the NPP leader in the North and Tamale specifically.

 

As the welcoming party made up of thousands on foot and on hundreds of motor bikes entered the metropolis, all activities were virtually halted as many hundreds cheered and waved the slow moving procession through the principal streets of Tamale.

 

The charged crowd and atmosphere served as a catalyst to draw even more hundreds who could not afford to be left behind and who gladly joined the procession as it passed them with Nana Akufo-Addo receiving the cheers and waving back to the happy residents of Tamale.

 

The drive from Datoyili into the centre of Tamale which should normally have taken less than 30minutes to complete, ended up taking over 4 hours as the charged crowds who poured onto the streets and along the pavements made it impossible for both cars and motors to move.

 

Nana Akufo-Addo is in Tamale ahead of the IEA debate on Tuesday and would undertake a few visits to parts of the Northern Region before and after the debate.

 

 

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