NPP Will Rebuild Ghana's Ailing Economy To Create Jobs - Akufo-Addo

The presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Akufo-Addo has said the main opposition will rebuild the shattered Ghanaian economy and fix the mess created by the NDC government when it comes to power.

Speaking at a gathering organised by the Young Executive Forum (YEF) of NPP UK, Nana Addo told the audience that Ghana was once the poster boy of Africa's rising narrative, and this was soon after President Kufuor left office. He said democratic institutions were taking root in Ghana with a growth rate of 8 %.

'This was the image that was visible to the world. Unfortunately, within six years, we have a different image of Ghana today, a country with a struggling economy despite the numerous resources available at its disposal, back under the tutorage of IMF, a Ghana that is not working in any circle, a broken society, and broken economy. The country is in a worst state than NPP found in the year 2000,' Akufo-Addo stated.

He added: 'The growth rate has fallen to a mere 3% this year. Corruption, lack of proper planning and economic mismanagement of the country is what we find under the current NDC administration led by President John Mahama.

'Ghana needs to be put back on the right track that President Kufuor’s administration placed it. Ghana needs to be the rising star and the hope of Africa again, the benchmark of a great African nation.

'The road map is to move away from simply being an export of agricultural products but instead be in the position to add value to the raw materials and agricultural products that the country produces with the aid of technology.'

'The vision is the make sure that within the next decade at least 50% of the export proceeds of Ghana come from the Ghanaian industrial companies to a standing ovation from the audience,' the three-time flagbearer mentioned.

Nana Akufo- Addo said increasing agricultural productivity by supporting our farmers and fishermen, building strong financial systems that will support our agricultural needs and the building of light manufacturing industry to create jobs and improve the standard of living of our citizens is a major task but doable.

He said countries such as Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Brazil and the likes of Botswana and Mauritius on the African continent had followed such programme and succeeded.

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