Former President Rawlings caused a stir in the Cape Coast municipality last Sunday when he joined hundreds of residents in a keep fit walk organized by the Atta Mills fan club in Cape Coast.

The walk, which started at 9am from Abom a suburb of Cape Coast, went through some principal streets and ended in a colourful durbar at the Victoria Park.

Rawlings and his entourage, including Honourable E.T Mensah, MP for Ningo Prampram and Honourable Nii Laryea Afote Agbo, MP for Kpone Katamanso walked gorgeously while responding to cheers from the crowd who had lined up by the streets with others perching on storey buildings and walls to catch a glimpse of the former president.

After the durbar the former President made a stopover at two fishing communities, Duakor and Bakano on his way to Cape Coast Polytechnic and asked members of the communities to vote NDC into power.

The Keep Fit event, which was started four years ago by the former president, recorded an unprecedented turnout thus making it hectic for security guards to control the crowd.

Mr. Valis Akyianu, Central Regional Chairman of the NDC and former Regional Minister, Lawyer Barton Oduro, parliamentary candidate for Cape Coast and other regional executives also took part in the walk.

Addressing the durbar after the keep fit walk, former President Rawlings advised the teeming crowd not to repeat the mistake that brought NPP into power, which has brought untold hardship on them.

He said any failure to bring the NDC to power would result in creating a mess for future generations.

He added that the most important thing Ghanaians should do now is to bring NDC back to continue its good works

He said the fight for freedom, justice and wellbeing of people is no more between NDC and NPP but Ghanaians against NPP and its corrupt officials.

He noted that when NDC was in power they provided electricity, good health care, good drinking water and education at affordable tariffs.

He charged the supporters to fight hard and also to be vigilant especially on the voting day and assured them that next month elections will actually be a victory for the party.

Akyianu, ET, others speak

	A section of the crowd that turned up at the rally

In his address Mr. Valis Akyianu called on the electorate to vote massively on December 7 to ensure total victory for the NDC. He said any time the former President addressed supporters in Cape Coast his detractors misquoted him adding that J.J Rawlings loves Fantes and that is why he chose your own Prof. Mills to lead the party.

Lawyer Barton Oduro, the NDC Parliamentary candidate for Cape Coast constituency appealed to Ghanaians to give the mandate to NDC because they have now seen the difference.

Lawyer Dour said the NDC would never accept the call made by the Inspector General of Police that polling agents should not be recruited from their communities.

Hon E.T. Mensah appealed to supporters to preach the gospel according NDC, as it is one of the key elements to ensure victory for the party.

Mr. Kofi Adams Personal Aide to the former President said NPP has nothing to offer Ghanaians as the country’s debt stands at 93 trillion.

He said Ghana couldn’t move forward with this huge debt. He said corruption and selfishness and economic mismanagement is the style of NPP so if Ghanaians want improved living conditions the answer is NDC.

Adams stated that when NDC was in power the premix fuel that fishermen use to fuel their outboard motors for fishing was sold cheaper and managed by the fishermen themselves until the NPP came to power and took it over from them and made it so expensive thus crippling their livelihood.