The flag-bearer of the New Patriotic Party has told the people of Kasoa in the Central Region that his promise to introduce free education up to the basic school level is not a mere rhetoric. Nana Akufo-Addo said he is aware many school-going children come from very poor homes and that making education expensive will not help the country. According to him although his manifesto is yet to be ready, education is one item that is very dear to him and would want to see change. Nana Akufo-Addo is on a campaign tour of the region dubbed “Listening Campaign” with the ultimate aim of aggregating interests. The NPP presidential candidate will be visiting three constituencies in the region, starting with the Awutu Senya constituency where he visited today Wednesday 13th July, 2011. The team will also be going to Agona East on Thursday and the Effutu constituency on Friday to conclude the first part of the tour of the region. On Saturday, the NPP flagbearer will go to Cape Coast to attend the funeral of the late Mr. Kojo Mensah, popularly known as Kojo Alata, a leading member of the NPP who passed away on 2nd May, 2011 at the Central Regional Hospital, Cape Coast. The NPP flag-bearer will be accompanied on his community-based “listening campaign” by his Campaign Manager, Mr. Boakye Agyarko, Director of Operations, Mr. Lord Commey and his Press Secretary, Herbert Krapa. Source: Myjoyonline.com/Ghana