Dr. Afriyie Akoto, a former minister of agriculture, has started his presidential campaign to run on the New Patriotic Party (NPP) ticket in the general election of 2024.
He made mention of how his administration plans to revive Ghana’s faltering economy.
Additionally, he disclosed that since resigning as the agriculture minister, he has been quietly running for office.
“I have been running around the country now for six years. Every year except 2020 when COVID prevented me, I had been going around the country as the Minister for Agriculture because I have been waiting for the party to come out with a date for the primaries, and then I will draw up my programme accordingly. It doesn’t mean, my supporters are asleep. They are very active in all the 16 regions,” he stated.
The men are gradually separating themselves from the boys as the NPP gets ready for its primary elections to choose a flagbearer.
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Some potential party members have declared to run in the party’s presidential primary ahead of the elections in 2024, even though the party has not yet opened nominations for the flagbearership race.
Seven NPP stalwarts have so far announced publicly that they want to be the party’s leader.
Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice-President, Boakye Agyarko, Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central Kennedy Agyapong, and Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, former presidential spokesperson and party general secretary, are the contenders in the NPP race.
The remaining candidates are Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku, a former MP for Offinso North and a former minister of state, Joe Ghartey, a former attorney general and minister of justice who is also an MP for Essikado-Ketan, Francis Addai-Nimoh, and a former MP for Mampong.
