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Former Atta Mills' National Security Advisor Brigadier Nunoo-Mensah Won't Be Surprised If Nana Addo Wins The 2016 Elections

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The upcoming elections look like they would be too close to call, as both major party candidates look like they are ready to lay it all down for the ultimate prize.
And Brigadier Joseph Nunoo-Mensah, former National Security Advisor to John Atta Mills, who also once worked as the campaign manager for Nana Akuffo-Addo, says he’ll be far from surprised if the 72 year old NPP flagbearer won the election.
Speaking on Accra Fm Thursday, the lauded old soldier said, in response to a question whether he would be surprised if his old boss won, that he wouldn’t be at all.
“Will I be surprised? On what basis will I be surprised? I don’t have any fact as I sit here on the political front, so how will I be surprised if he wins? If the people’s choice is him, who am I to say no?” he spat back at the host.
Nunoo-Mensah went on to recount his past, which involves stints with both major parties, and why that makes him uniquely qualified to comment on issues.
“I was Nana Akufo-Addo’s campaign manager in 1998. … In the early ’40s and ’50s, as young men, we were all after Kwame Nkrumah because he gave us hope for the future. After Nkrumah, there was no politics in my life until PNDC came and I got involved.
“I left and went away (to UK). I came back in 1994 and I did a bit of politics with the NPP, so, I have served with every major political party in this country. So, today, I see myself as a statesman, not as a politician. That is why if I see people who are not serving the country properly, I speak up.
“I am not going to say NPP [or] NDC. If NPP did something which I think was right, I say they have done well and same with the NDC: if it is wrong, I say it is wrong.” he added.
“I am in Winneba and President Mahama is in power. He has put someone in charge of Winneba, yet we don’t have water, and so because I am working with the NDC I should keep quiet? If my niece is not paid for months, should I keep quiet? No, I won’t do that. So, at this stage, I am someone who will speak on issues that will make Ghana a better place.”



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