President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said no National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate has won 51 percent of votes cast in the country's presidential elections besides former President Jerry John Rawlings.

The President made the comments while addressing the Greater Accra Regional executives and constituency chairpersons of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the Jubilee House.

President Akufo-Addo indicated that what the NPP needs at this stage is to ensure unity prevails in the party.  

He therefore urged the regional executives to  stay united.

President Akufo-Addo further indicated that the NPP wins anytime it gets its act together.

President Akufo-Addo said: “We should remember, ever since Jerry John Rawlings left the presidential scene of politics in our country, no NDC presidential candidate has won more than 51percent  of the votes. His successor Mills, in his first round against Kufuor, had 44 percent, second round 47 percent.

“When it came to the second time against Kufuor the same figures and in 2008 when he contested against me after three rounds he got 50.03 percent of the vote. Mahama in 2012, 50.7percent; in 2016, 44percent of the votes; in 2020, 47percent of the votes. What these figures tell us, is that whenever the NPP, we put our acts together, we win.”

The President also reminded the regional executives that majority of Ghanaians support the NPP.

“The majority is with us, so let us be very clear in our mind, our opponent with all the shouting and the hey hey hey hey, do not have the support of the majority of the people in our country.

“So the future of Ghana, the future of this country is in our hands. It is the function of how we behave, how we organise ourselves that will determine how the country will also move ahead,” President Akufo-Addo stated.

The NDC has had two successful presidential candidates apart from the late Former President Rawlings under the Fourth Republican Constitution and they are the late Former President John Evans Atta-Mills and Former President John Dramani Mahama.

Former President Atta-Mills won the 2008 elections with 50.03 percent of the valid votes cast and Former President John Dramani Mahama, in the 2012 elections won by 50.70 percent.