Former Minister for Trade and Industry, John Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen says he is the best candidate and perhaps will be the best Presidential candidate to succeed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. According to him, his quest for becoming President is to continue the good works of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
“If Nana Akufo-Addo is leaving office today after doing such tremendous work, then it is imperative for us to get someone who can continue that work. That is the reason why I am sacrificing myself for the NPP to elect me to lead them and bring victory.”
Alan Kyerematen
Alan Kyerematen, who will be contesting for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer-ship slot said it will be worrying if the NPP loses the next presidential election after policies implemented by the Nana Addo-led government.
“Nana Akufo-Addo has done his best if you look at policies that he has been able to introduce in the country, like the One District-One Factory (1D 1F), Free SHS, Agenda 111 and many other things like the Planting for Food and Jobs.”
Alan Kyerematen
He argued that considering all the development President Akufo-Addo has achieved, it is incumbent on the NPP to tell Ghanaians to vote for the party by making him the flagbearer “to continue with a good job”
I Won’t Step Down For Anyone
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential hopeful, Kennedy Agyapong, has rubbished the claims that he is likely to step down from the party’s upcoming presidential primaries, since he is doing the bidding of another aspirant.
According to him, those claims are false, and thus urged his teeming supporters to treat such reports with contempt. He emphatically said, “Read my lips, I am not doing the bidding of anybody. I am genuinely contesting to become the President because I can do it better”.
He noted that he was 62 years old and he claimed to be old and experienced enough to also contest and become the President of the country on the ticket of New Patriotic Party in 2024. He insisted that his decision to become the president in 2024 on the ticket of the NPP is non-negotiable.
“I am surprised because the support is coming from angles and corners. Even known NDC and my own NPP members are supporting my bid. Some people that I don’t know in person, I am told, have erected my billboards in the Northern parts of the country to support my ambition.”
Kennedy Agyapong
Sounding happy, Kennedy Agyapong advised that other people have printed his (Kennedy’s) campaign T-Shirts and caps to help him, stressing that he would surely become president in 2024. According to him, he would win the upcoming NPP presidential primaries and go ahead to win the ultimate (presidential elections), slated for December 2024.
On another engagement, speaking to a cross-section of his supporters in the United States, Agyapong stressed that he was more of a leader than a politician, explaining that as a leader, he was focused more on national development whereas politicians are focused on the next election.
“I don’t want to be president for eight years, I only want to be president for four years, challenge me and see how it will be done, and there is a difference between a leader and a politician.”
Kennedy Agyapong
He further explained that a leader is the one who thinks of the development of his country and takes bold decisions irrespective of the repercussions, and a politician is the one who thinks of tomorrow’s election and therefore is not bold to take decisions.
“And so, I don’t think of tomorrow’s election, I think of today and how I can make a difference”, he stressed, adding that even if he was going to spend the full eight-year constitutional term, “Ghanaian’s will decide after four years, I won’t be afraid, I will invest in Ghana and create employment for the youth,” he said to a loud applause.
Mr. Agyapong, who is hoping to succeed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as leader of the NPP, going into the 2024 elections has a hallmark of speaking truth to power without fear or favor irrespective of which political party is in power is a rare positive trait among his peers.
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