I Represent Real Change — Nduom
The CPP flag bearer, Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom, has said that he represents a real change in the 2008 general election.
“I am the one who wants Ghanaians to make a choice based on the ideas and solutions I am offering”, he told an audience in Washington.
Dr Nduom who was the guest of Citizens for a Better Ghana, a lobbying group of Ghanaians based in North America, said that he would work to make Ghana a strong nation and its people proud and prosperous.
For this to happen, he said that change must come through the ballot box in December 2008.
In a press statement issued by his campaign team he said: “Ghanaians have done it before in 2000 and they can do it again. What we hear from the field is that Ghanaians are ready to vote for change again in 2008.”
He outlined his change agenda which included standardised high quality education throughout the country, a petrochemicals industry in the Western Region, government support for Ghanaian farmers and fishermen, election of district chief executives, separation of Parliament from the Executive and a drive to create jobs by directly assisting local businesses to grow and expand.
Dr Nduom emphasised that “I represent real change. Change that Ghanaians can feel; change that will benefit all Ghanaians, not just a privileged few; change we can all feel in our individual pockets”.
He said that others were offering more of the same — continuity to benefit those who have become well connected since 1993, professional politicians and the elites in society; politics that divides our people and a nation that cannot meet the basic needs of its people.
He talked about his vision to create a just and disciplined society with a passion for excellence with a per capita income of at least $5,000 in the next five to 10 years.
He emphasised his plan for free and compulsory education for all to the age of 16 and said he would use education, particularly technical skills, including computer proficiency, to encourage the youth to take their place as disciplined and hard-working citizens.
Public schools from the north, to the south, east to west will be well equipped to provide opportunity for all of our children to reach their fullest potential.
He promised to establish a Homecoming Secretariat staffed by competent Ghanaians who have lived abroad and those with good experience at home.
The secretariat will be a resource centre to assist Ghanaians abroad access health care, real estate, business and investment opportunities and also support them in various ways to make their transition back home to work, invest, retire or simply to enjoy their holidays.