The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer candidate, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has pleaded with party members to support him so he can lead the NPP into the general elections of 2024.
He asserted that since he is running for party leader for the first time as a farmer, delegates would be wise to select him.
The country could easily turn the economy around for good if it chooses a candidate with experience in agriculture, according to the former minister of food and agriculture.
Dr. Afriyie Akoto urged the NPP and Ghanaians to take into account his achievements in the agricultural sector and entrust the management of the nation’s affairs to him in an interview on Accra’s Peace FM.
“You see, we have such hardship amongst the people, and there’s no need for that, given the endowment that this country has, I am proposing the path to relieve all of us from such hardship when the opportunity is opened.
“…and when Ghanaians give me the nod to lead, I will make sure that I eliminate hardships in the country through agriculture and there are so many ways I can do that even with that short space that we’re talking about, so I’m keen to produce results.
“… this is the first time a farmer is contesting to bear the flag of the NPP and also to become the president of Ghana. We had lawyers and all kinds of professionals, that’s why I’m stressing about the benefits that the farmers have enjoyed in my six years of administration in the ministry.
“…so, if we’re about to vote they should remember Afriyie Akoto because I’m coming for them, that’s why I have stopped my work with the government and coming to support them,” he said.
He went on to say that he has gained the trust of many Ghanaians, the majority of whom are farmers, as a result of his success in the agricultural sector.
