The 2016 presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, as part of plans to industrialize and transform the Ghanaian economy, has indicated that his government plans to help establish a factory in each of the 216 districts across the country, if he wins the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n
Nana Akufo-Addo made this announcement\u00a0while touring the Ajumako\/Enyan\/Essiam, Mfantseman and Abura\/Asebu\/Kwamankese constituencies in the Central Region on Saturday, June 18, day 3 of his 5-day tour of the region.<\/p>\n
According to him, the setting up of these factories across the country will, not only, ensure the rapid industrialization of Ghana\u2019s economy, but also, result in the creation of thousands of jobs, needed by the masses of unemployed Ghanaian youth.<\/p>\n
It will also be recalled that, whilst touring the Volta Region, the NPP flagbearer on May 21, announced the establishment of Industrial Zones in the Ketu North and Ketu South districts, when Ghanaians vote the NPP into office.<\/p>\n
However, for this to happen, Nana Akufo-Addo explained that Ghana\u2019s broken monetary and fiscal systems, currently presided over by the Mahama government, would have to be fixed.<\/p>\n
He noted that the mess in which Ghana\u2019s economy finds herself is evident in the rising cost of living, skyrocketing levels of inflation, high bank lending\/interest rates, and hikes in petroleum and utility prices, amongst others, which have left Ghanaians reeling from unprecedented levels of hardships and suffering.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe only way to free ourselves from the shackles of poverty is by fixing our monetary system. If we are to do this, our monetary system must be stable and strong. This is the only way we can empower Ghanaians. We want to help the private sector to flourish, and we will help establish factories in every district to help create jobs for the people,\u201d he said, much to the delight to the gathering, who were predominantly youth.<\/p>\n
He assured that this policy of setting up one factory per district is doable, and urged Ghanaians not to be hoodwinked by the usual propaganda of \u201cthey can\u2019t do it\u201d and \u201cit is not possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
The NPP flagbearer recounted how President Mahama bastardised policies the NPP had rolled out both in 2008 and in 2012, only for him to turn around later to copy the policies, and only end up failing woefully to implement them.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo of such policies were the \u2018Free SHS\u2019, and the setting up of the Northern Development Authority. President Mahama told Ghanaians that these two policies were not possible, only for him to win power and try to implement them, albeit in total implementation failure\u201d, he explained<\/p>\n
No discrimination<\/strong><\/p>\n Nana Akufo-Addo assured the people of the Central Region that he is coming to do a job for all Ghanaians, in every part of the country, stressing that under President Kufuor\u2019s administration, no part of the country was neglected, and his government will not discriminate either.<\/p>\n Pointing to the discrimination in the mass cocoa spraying exercise and the partisan nature of the distribution of cocoa seedlings under the Mahama government, the NPP flagbearer was therefore not surprised that Ghana could barely achieve an output of 700,000 metric tonnes of cocoa, whereas Cote d\u2019Ivoire bagged 1.5 million metric tonnes in the same 2014\/2015 crop season.<\/p>\n \u201cGhana, a country once described as the Gold Coast, is poverty-ridden. It is bad governance that makes us poor. We can put in place policies to create jobs, and bring relief to farmers, traders and business owners,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n He urged the Central Region to have faith in the ability of Ghana to provide the needs of its citizens, adding that \u201cgood times can come to Ghana, and good times will come to Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n I\u2019m not into politics of deception<\/strong><\/p>\n Nana Addo noted that, \u201cI am into politics to use the knowledge God has given me to help transform the fortunes of our country. I want you to give me a try this year. Trust me, and I assure you that I will not disappoint you\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The NPP flagbearer noted that he is not into politics of deception, as the NPP has proven time and over to possess the policies and programmes needed to move this country forward.<\/p>\n He therefore appealed for the support of the Central Region in this year\u2019s elections, further assuring that his government will reduce electricity and utility tariffs, restore the teacher training and nursing allowances, and also implement the Free SHS policy to cover all students, both day and boarding.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: citifmonline.com with additional files from office of Nana Addo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 2016 presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, as part of plans to industrialize and transform the Ghanaian economy, has indicated that his government plans to help establish a factory in each of the 216 districts across the country, if he wins the 2016 elections. Nana Akufo-Addo made this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":208063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[58,10,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n