"I will declare my assets"-Owusu Ankomah

Kukurantumi(ER), Sept. 21, GNA - Papa Owusu-Ankomah, one of the flagbearer aspirants of New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Friday pledged to wage war against corruption in the country when elected President. "To that end, I will declare my assets, compel my wife and family members who will transact business with the government to do same," he told journalists at a press briefing at Kukurantumi, as part of his tour of the Eastern Region.

Papa Owusu-Ankomah said he believed in transparency and would therefore, support any action designed to make assets declaration easier through a regulatory regime presided over by the Judiciary. On his chances of winning the party's flagbearer slot, he said he was the most marketable candidate adding "I am one of those persons who had made the NPP to become a majority party in the West and Central Regions."

He said the NPP needed a candidate who was a team leader, a person that could preserve the party's votes and attract more floating voters to the party.

Papa Owusu-Ankomah said his campaign would be based purely on issues devoid of mudslinging adding that it would be a contest of ideals.

He said there was the need for a leader who would build on the solid foundation laid and announced that the theme of his campaign was therefore "Moving from one transformation to another." The NPP flagbearer aspirant said if Ghana wanted to be like the Asian Tigers then there was the need to improve upon the way "we do business in this country" by accelerating the removal of obstacles that impede private sector growth.

He said Ghana was ranked 94 in the world as business friendly country adding that during his tenure as President, his objective would be to move the country up to at least 50.

Papa Owusu-Ankomah said another priority would be to convert the current "brain drain into brain gain" by ensuring that Ghanaian medical practitioners working outside the country return to undertake a week's service each year.