The flag bearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party has stated that 2012 is a year for Ghanaians to make a choice between competence and dereliction. Addressing thousands of supporters at a non-denominational prayer session held at the Essipong Stadium in Sekondi Takoradi on Sunday, Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo appealed to Ghanaians to choose the NPP in the December elections. The prayer session is to mark the NPP’s official commencement of campaigns ahead of the 2012 General Election. Nana Akufo-Addo told the mammoth crowd at the stadium that he believes the NPP will come out victorious in the election. “This year will be a time for choice; a choice between stagnation and progress, between non-performance and competence, between corruption and integrity. Well, I have no doubt that the Ghanaian people will favour us with the blessing of the Almighty,” he said. Nana Akufo-Addo expects the Electoral Commission to carry out its responsibilities devoid of any partisan considerations. “Those who will be responsible for the organisation of the elections will do so in a transparent and clear manner so that at the end of the day, the victor will be the victor and the loser will accept his loss because it is not of manipulation or intimidation or wrong-doing.”