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NPP Flag bearer announces vision for
nation
Accra, June 26, Ghanadot/GNA – The Flag bearer of the ruling
New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on
Thursday outlined a pro-active governance blue print for
accelerated national development and asked Ghanaians to vote
for him base on the benchmarks to implement it.
The Nana Akufo-Addo Governance Blue print focus on
development of human resources, creation of jobs, building
affordable housing units, holistic educational improvement
system, and enhance health care.
Other areas include instituting vigorous campaign against
corruption, intensify the fight against the drug menace that
has engulfed the nation, adhere to law and order,
recognition for traditional authority, improve public sector
and prudent economic management.
Nana Akufo-Addo made the presentation at interactive
platform dubbed; “An Evening Encounter With A Presidential
Candidate,” a live political platform on Ghana Television
and other media networks organised by the Institute of
Economic Affairs (IEA) in collaboration with Ghana
Broadcasting Corporation and Joy FM.
The platform under the auspices of the Ghana Political
Parties Programme enables the various presidential aspirants
with representation in Parliament to educate the electorate
on their visions, plans and how they intend to govern the
country, should they be elected as President of Ghana.
Nana Akufo-Addo was the third Flag bearer to appear after Dr
Paa Kwesi Nduom of the Convention Peoples Party and
Professor Evans Atta Mills, of the National Democratic
Congress. Dr Edward Mahama of the Peoples National
Convention would appear on July 3.
He said: “I come from a background where public service is
considered a duty, and where privilege and good fortune
demand even greater commitment to the common good.
“I am fully aware of the responsibility the job of leader
brings as I am fortunate enough to carry a sense of the
history and struggles that made that job possible as well as
apprised of the challenges and opportunities of the future.
Crucial to this future, is how to unleash energies to
broaden the horizon and to realise the hopes of every man,
woman and child in Ghana”.
Nana Akufo-Addo said there are no short-cuts for Ghana. Only
hard work, creativity and a sense of enterprise can produce
the accelerated economic development that will bring to all
Ghanaians the basic deliverables they so richly deserve from
their Government, namely, the very best of public services,
including an effective, humane healthcare system, access to
a secure and reliable justice system and access to a quality
education in Ghana that rivals any in the world.
“But we cannot get anywhere without sufficient financial
resources. And to grow these financial resources, we need to
look more and more to ourselves within Ghana and among
Ghanaians in the Diaspora than we have in the past. We need
to develop and pursue a clear policy of Ghanaian Economic
Empowerment.
“To do so we should not be shy of introducing policies that
look, first and foremost, after our own people at every
level of our economy. We must pursue a proactive but
pragmatic agenda by picking, stimulating and increasing the
number of Ghanaian winners in all sectors and build
champions of industry who can compete anywhere in the
world,” he said.
Nana Akufo-Addo said under his Presidency the nation would
make use of globalisation in such a way as to enhance the
nation’s capability and capacity. We should be bold and
devise and push an agenda that gets people out of the cycle
of subsistence wages and informal, ad hoc economic
activities, into the formal sector.
“I believe in leading by example. I believe in the cohesive
richness and the manifest destiny of this great nation’s
diversity. I believe in the can-do spirit of our people. I
believe in Ghana,” he said.
Mrs. Jean Mensa, IEA Administrator questioned present and
past government why the farmers continue to use cutlass and
hoe for farming, dependence on rain feed agriculture, poor
infrastructural development, and vulnerability of the
economy 50 years after independence.
She said the nation now looks forward for leaders who can
take bold initiatives to alleviate the suffering of the
masses across the nation.
GNA
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