Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Hon. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has promised to transform Ghana’s economic fortunes when given the nod as the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and voted as the President of Ghana in the 2024 general elections.
Addressing a congregation at the Divine Word International Ministries in Virginia, USA, to declare his presidential ambition, Hon. Ken Agyapong said he would leverage on his vast experience as a businessman to make Ghana a business hub for investors and business owners.
He said under his leadership, Ghana would be a business destination and prioritize industrialization to transform the economy.
On his job creation agenda, the MP said he would focus on a massive industrialization drive and tourism, adding that he planned to create globally competitive industries, paying attention to commercial farming to make it attractive as pertained in Cote D’Ivoire, Tanzania, and Malaysia among other industrial nations.
According to him, Ghana is endowed with numerous mineral resources and would use them to turn the fortunes of the economy around.
As a business mogul who had employed more than 7,000 workers across the globe, he added that he would leverage on his business prowess to help achieve the country’s development targets.
“With my experience as a businessman, I will create jobs for the youth. I’ll run Ghana like a business until an unprecedented transformation is achieved to benefit every citizen,” he assured.
He highlighted his plans to promote large-scale mechanized agriculture and other attractive incentives to bring onboard the youth.
“I will lead Ghana to export more and import less for economic growth and job creation,” he said.
He further pledged to instil discipline, integrity, hard work and accountability in Ghanaians, especially the youth, to spur national development.
He said he believed that corruption and greed are primarily due to the absence of discipline and integrity in the national psyche of some Ghanaians, and would, thus, work as a leader to end those attitudes, which are inflicting havoc on the nation’s developmental efforts.
He urged all well-meaning Ghanaians, both at home and abroad, to rally behind the NPP-led Government to overcome the current challenges.
