He advised the indigenes never to conduct themselves in a manner that would make any Ghanaian to regret voting for him.

President Akufo-Addo was speaking at a thanksgiving service organized by the Okyehene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin and the Okyeman Council to honour the President on his assumption to office.

He recounted the struggle of citizens of Akyem Abuakwa to lead the country from the efforts of the late Joseph Boakye Danquah, through the efforts of William Ofori-Atta, his own father Edward Akufo-Addo and Dr Jones Ofori Atta all of whom are his blood relations.

He said it was God who had granted him the grace to serve the country.

He promised to build the country on the rule of law and individual liberty and rights for the country to rise up again to become prosperous.

Nana Akufo-Addo promised to build on the foundation laid by the government of former President John Agyekum Kufour and on the vision of the founding fathers of the Danquah, Busia and Dombo tradition.

He urged the spiritual leaders of the country to pray to God to give him (Nana Addo) divine wisdom, courage and a heart to take decisions that would lead to the progress of the country.

The Okyehene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin reminded the President that to rule an African country like Ghana, required courageous and strong hearted people who would be ready to take hard decisions for the growth of the country.

He reminded Nana Addo that he has the responsibility to craft the development of the country after its 60th anniversary after independence, and urged him to help build a prosperous country that would meet the aspirations of the youth of the country for them to be proud to be Ghanaians.

The Okyehene urged the President to build a country that would provide for the poor and the downtrodden and give hope for a better future for all.

Earlier in a sermon, Apostle Professor Opoku Onyinah , Chairman of the Church of Pentecost and President of the Pentecostal and Charismatic Council  called on the President to seek the welfare of all including those in the opposition and the deprived in society.

He urged political and traditional leaders to get persons who always hanged around them some work to do, because those personalities were often tempted to engage in corruption and undermined others for them to survive.