PNC outdoors Vice Presidential Candidate

By Patience A. Gbeze, GNA
Accra, Sept. 15, GNA - The Peoples' National Convention (PNC) has outdoored Mr Emmanuel Kwaku Amenuvor Anyidoho, a Social Scientist as the party's Vice Presidential candidate for the December 7 general election.

Giving his inaugural address in Accra, Mr Anyidoho said he was humbled and proud to be selected by the National Executive Committee of the party to partner Dr Edward Nasigrie Mahama, the PNC flagbearer for the New Ghana of 2017 and Beyond Agenda.

He said the New Ghana is envisioned on the three pillars of a New Beginning, New Deal and New Force as enshrined in the PNC Manifesto.

'A New Beginning is towards public sector reform with uncompromised efficiency; A New Deal is to provide substantial support to upscale productivity in key sectors such as Agriculture and Industry, while the new Force is to harness the great untapped potential of our energetic youth of 18 to 35 years to drive the wheels of national development, while reducing unemployment considerably," he said.

Mr Anyidoho questioned the sales of factories to churches when the government could revamp them to enhance the private sector and thereby ensure national growth.

He promised that the PNC led government of 2017 would arrest all these misdemeanours through simple fiscal discipline.

He announced that the PNC has the panacea to close the energy deficit and produce affordable energy for a comfortable life for the citizenry and as a cheap input into industry to enhance output, employment and incomes.

He blamed the New Patriotic Party and the National Democratic Congress for the unemployment situation in Ghana and called on them to own up to their failures.

Dr Mahama said he knew Mr Anyidoho for the past 10 years and believed that they have chosen the best partner to help fix the three pillars of the economy.

He promised to be the servant of the people when given the nod to lead the country.

Mr Bernard Monah, National Chairman of the Party, called on all party members to come on board to wrestle power from the ruling party.

The Harvard Trained Economist had worked with United Nations, African Union (AU), the Ministry of Finance and also lectured at the University of Ghana.

Mr Anyidoho was born on March 7, 1956 and hails from Adidome in the Central Tongu District of the Volta Region and graduate of the University of Ghana, Legon with BA Honours in Economics with Sociology in 1977.

He subsequently graduated with M.Sc in Economics in 1982 and while taking a break in his International Career, he graduated with Masters in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University in University in 2001 specialising in Economic and Public Policy and Financial Management.

He was Economics and Mathematics Teacher at Achimota School from 1977 to 1981 and lectured at Department of Economics, University of Ghana in 1981; University of Liberia from 1983 to 1991; and later joined the Ministry of Finance in1991 where he held several portfolios.

Subsequently, he joined the UNDP in Ghana as National Economist in 1995 and later worked at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa in 1997 to 1998 and with AU in 1998 to 2000 where he was development expert.

GNA