NPP delegates must choose a leader with track record - Alan

Mr Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, Aspiring Flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has urged party delegates to choose a leader with a proven track record for creating wealth, jobs and has the skills to manage and execute affairs with precision.

“God willing, if given the nod to lead the NPP and eventually the country, I will be able to use my vast experience and skills to achieve the transformational agenda required to move the nation forward,” Mr Kyerematen stated in Accra.

Mr Kyerematen who was addressing a group of professionals who paid a courtesy call on him at his campaign headquarters to celebrate his 59th birthday, noted that Ghana needs a president who can do the job, in order to bring real transformation and prosperity to Ghanaians

He said; “as Ambassador to the United States, I established the US-Ghana Economic Council to deepen economic relations and bilateral trade, negotiated the purchase of VALCO by the Ghana government at a cost of 20 million dollars.

“I implemented the first Investment Forum in the US to showcase the economic potential of each of the 10 regions of Ghana, negotiated Cosmos Energy's arrival in Ghana to discover oil, and negotiated the release of 547 million dollars from the US government through the Millennium Challenge Accounts (MCA), to alleviate poverty in Ghana.”

“I built an 8.5-million-dollar state-of-the-art factory, to produce high grade industrial starch from cassava for export. The Ayensu Starch Factory has been bought by Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL) this year, to produce beer for consumption.

“I also constructed an enclave within the Tema Free Zone, for the manufacturing of garments for export, revived the Oil Palm.

Industry in Ghana, expanded the salt mining operations, implemented the District Industrialization Programme, where at least, and one medium-sized factory in each administrative district would be built.

“I initiated the highly successful “National Friday Wear” programme, implemented the Distance Education programme to enable Ghanaian workers acquire higher degrees, and facilitated the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which offers Ghana, quota free export of certain category of goods to the US market.

“I also negotiated a $45 million loan facility with the World Bank to promote SME development in Ghana. These among others were done during my tenure as a Minister of Trade, Industry, and PSI”.

The NPP Flag bearer Aspirant noted that: “The country is currently facing difficult challenges, as a result of bad leadership and the lack of technical knowledge and managerial skills.

“Everywhere I have been to, across the country, I could feel the suffering of our people. The economy doesn’t seem like it is going to get any better soon, and we cannot as a country, continue on that path, things must be different after the 2016 elections”.