(Fontomfrom drums beating with solemn authority)
LEAD:
Before we speak of politics...
Before we open the record...
Let us first pay our respects
to the occupant of the Golden Stool...
Asanteman!
CROWD:
YOOO!
LEAD:
Otumfuo Osei Tutu the Second!
CROWD:
OTUMFUO!
LEAD:
Ɔpemsoɔ!
CROWD:
OTUMFUO!
LEAD:
Asantehene!
CROWD:
YƐKYIA WO!
LEAD:
Long live Otumfuo!
CROWD:
LONG LIVE ASANTEMAN!
LEAD:
And now...
Ashanti Region!
CROWD:
YƐWƆ HA!
LEAD:
N.D.C. FOƆ, MO WƆ HE?
CROWD:
YƐWƆ HA!
LEAD:
ƐYƐ ZU!
CROWD:
ƐYƐ ZA!
LEAD:
Nana Akwasi!
CROWD:
ADWUMAPA NTOASO!
LEAD:
Nana Akwasi!
CROWD:
TOASO! TOASO! TOASO!
ALL:
RETAIN NANA AKWASI!
LEAD:
Nana Akwasi!
CROWD:
ADWUMAPA NTOASO!
LEAD:
Ashanti Chairman!
CROWD:
ADWUMAPA NTOASO!
LEAD:
The numbers—
CROWD:
ARE TALKING!
LEAD:
The record—
CROWD:
IS TALKING!
LEAD:
Nana Akwasi!
CROWD:
TOASO! TOASO! TOASO!
ALL:
RETAIN NANA AKWASI!
LEAD:
Come...
Let us open the record.
Twenty-sixteen...
NDC presidential vote
in Ashanti Region—
CROWD:
TWENTY-THREE PERCENT!
LEAD:
Then Nana Akwasi
became Regional Chairman...
Twenty-twenty—
CROWD:
TWENTY-SIX PERCENT!
LEAD:
Twenty-twenty-four—
CROWD:
THIRTY-THREE PERCENT!
LEAD:
Twenty-three...
Twenty-six...
Thirty-three!
CROWD:
THE NUMBERS ARE TALKING!
LEAD:
Ashanti Region—
CROWD:
THE NUMBERS ARE TALKING!
LEAD:
Nana Akwasi!
CROWD:
ADWUMAPA NTOASO!
LEAD:
Twenty-three!
CROWD:
WE MOVED!
LEAD:
Twenty-six!
CROWD:
WE MOVED!
LEAD:
Thirty-three!
CROWD:
WE MOVED!
LEAD:
Nana Akwasi!
CROWD:
TOASO! TOASO! TOASO!
LEAD:
Now listen to the numbers...
Twenty-sixteen—
Four hundred and ninety-seven thousand
NDC presidential votes!
CROWD:
WE REMEMBER!
LEAD:
Twenty-twenty—
Over six hundred and fifty-two thousand!
CROWD:
WE MOVED!
LEAD:
Twenty-twenty-four—
Over six hundred and ninety-seven thousand!
CROWD:
WE MOVED AGAIN!
LEAD:
From twenty-sixteen
to twenty-twenty-four—
Nearly two hundred thousand
additional votes!
CROWD:
THE NUMBERS ARE TALKING!
LEAD:
And what about Parliament?
CROWD:
OPEN THE RECORD!
LEAD:
Twenty-sixteen—
CROWD:
THREE SEATS!
LEAD:
Twenty-twenty—
CROWD:
FOUR SEATS!
LEAD:
Twenty-twenty-four—
CROWD:
SEVEN SEATS!
LEAD:
Three!
CROWD:
FOUR!
LEAD:
Four!
CROWD:
SEVEN!
LEAD:
Ashanti NDC—
CROWD:
WE ARE MOVING!
LEAD:
But this is not
the work of one man...
CROWD:
TEAMWORK!
LEAD:
Regional executives—
CROWD:
TEAMWORK!
LEAD:
Constituency executives—
CROWD:
TEAMWORK!
LEAD:
Branch executives—
CROWD:
TEAMWORK!
LEAD:
Women and youth—
CROWD:
TEAMWORK!
LEAD:
Grassroots activists—
CROWD:
TEAMWORK!
LEAD:
From branch to branch...
From constituency
to constituency...
Together—
CROWD:
ASHANTI NDC!
LEAD:
When the work is moving—
CROWD:
TOASO!
LEAD:
When the numbers are moving—
CROWD:
TOASO!
LEAD:
When the seats are increasing—
CROWD:
TOASO!
LEAD:
Nana Akwasi—
CROWD:
ADWUMAPA NTOASO!
LEAD:
Adwumapa!
CROWD:
NTOASO!
LEAD:
Adwumapa!
CROWD:
NTOASO!
ALL:
RETAIN NANA AKWASI!
LEAD:
Three became four...
CROWD:
YES!
LEAD:
Four became seven...
CROWD:
YES!
LEAD:
And the next target—
CROWD:
TEN SEATS!
LEAD:
Twenty-twenty-eight!
CROWD:
TEN IS THE TARGET!
LEAD:
How do we get there?
CROWD:
UNITY!
LEAD:
Organisation!
CROWD:
MOBILISATION!
LEAD:
From the grassroots—
CROWD:
LET US WORK!
LEAD:
Nana Akwasi!
CROWD:
ADWUMAPA NTOASO!
LEAD:
Twenty-three!
CROWD:
TWENTY-SIX!
LEAD:
Twenty-six!
CROWD:
THIRTY-THREE!
LEAD:
Three seats!
CROWD:
FOUR!
LEAD:
Four seats!
CROWD:
SEVEN!
LEAD:
Twenty-twenty-eight!
CROWD:
TEN IS THE TARGET!
LEAD:
Nana Akwasi!
CROWD:
TOASO! TOASO! TOASO!
ALL:
RETAIN NANA AKWASI!
LEAD:
Ashanti Region!
CROWD:
YƐWƆ HA!
LEAD:
The numbers—
CROWD:
ARE TALKING!
LEAD:
The work—
CROWD:
MUST CONTINUE!
LEAD:
Nana Akwasi!
CROWD:
ADWUMAPA NTOASO!
ALL:
ADWUMAPA NTOASO!
TOASO!
TOASO!
TOASO!
RETAIN NANA AKWASI!