The presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has called on Ghanaians not to vote the National Democratic Congress(NDC) back into power because "they demonstrated incompetence and inefficiency in managing our lives" when they were in power.

He explained that, after 19 years in government, the PNDC/NDC government left the country with a national reserve of 235,000 dollars, which could serve the country for only three weeks imports.

Nana Akufo-Addo said after less than eight years in government, the administration of the NPP had raised the national reserves to 2.6 billion dollars through prudent management of the economy.

He was speaking at a rally at Begoro last Sunday as part of his four-day campaign tour of some parts of the Eastern Region to introduce himself to the people in the area and canvass for votes in the forthcoming elections.

Earlier in the day, Nana Akufo-Addo and his campaign team joined worshippers at Anyinam Presbyterian and the African Faith Tabernacle Churches, where he urged the two churches to pray to God to grant him the strength and leadership qualities to lead the country with.

Nana Akufo-Addo said although President Kufuor's government had done so much for the development of the country, there were more to be done, and assured the people of Begoro that if their road and water problems were not solved by the end of President Kufuor's rule, he would solve them when voted into power.

He assured the people of Fanteakwa that when voted into power, he would ensure the development of the oil palm industry in the area to help create wealth and provide employment to the people of the area.

Ms Gloria Akufo, a former Minister of State, said if children could go to school without paying fees and be fed at school at no cost to their parents, women could deliver at hospitals free and the citizens could get access to good health care through the National Health Insurance Programme, then the standard of living of Ghanaians had been raised enough for them to vote for the NPP.

Mr. Kwabena Agyepong, former Press Secretary to President Kufuor, cautioned Ghanaians to be wary of the opposition NDC. He said a vote for their candidate Professor John Evans Atta-Mills would be a vote for former President Jerry John Rawlings to come to power and perpetuate brutalities against the people of Ghana.

Nana Akufo-Addo and his campaign team addressed similar rallies at Abomosu, Osino and Kukurantumi.