Nana Akuffo Addo
has assured the nation that if elected President in December, his
administration will not work with members of his own party whose aim is
to enrich themselves.
He promised that he would only work with people who have the main of bettering the lives of the ordinary Ghanaians. Nana Addo was
speaking at a breakfast meeting with the United Kingdom Chapter of the
Young Executives Forum (YEF) of the NPP at the Grosvenor House in
London.
“My message to any of you, or anybody for that matter who wishes to
serve in an Akufo-Addo government is this: if you want to make money
then forget it. We don’t need you and we don’t want you.”
He went on to explain, “If you want to make money, I am all for making
legitimate money; but, if you want to make money then, please, don’t
come into politics. if you want to make money then the private sector is
your place. Stay there and keep away from politics.”
According to the Nana Addo Dankwa whose is sure of the
party’s victory in December, the culture where people choose politics as
a money-making venture or career must be fought and defeated, it is
frustrating the development of the country and breeding poverty.
He observed, “Ghana is not poor, Ghanaians are not poor, what makes the
nation so poor is poor management of the nation’s resources. We defeat
poor management first and foremost by getting the right people in
place.”
Explaining why he chose to be a politician, he said, “I chose politics
because I want to serve; I chose politics because I believe I can play a
leading role to create opportunities for everyone and raise the living
standards of our people; If money-making was my motivation, I would have
stayed in my successful private practice as a lawyer and take fat legal
fees.”
Akufo-Addo also told his audience of professional Ghanaians who hosted
him at the exclusive place at Park Lane, Central London, that the fight
against corruption must be fought on two main fronts: “One,
strengthening, empowering and freeing up the institutions of state to
deliver efficiently on their mandate and; two, for those at the top to
lead by example. I will lead by example.”
He further stated, “By God’s grace, if we are successful in this year’s
election, I want to attract to government a good blend of committed,
competent Ghanaians, from home and abroad, experienced and creative,
dynamic and dependable. We want to put together a team of patriots who
can deliver and will get their biggest thrill from delivering on our
programmes for people and country and not in enriching their pockets.”
“Transforming our economy, from a raw material producing one, to an
industrial one, where our foreign receipts will rather come from the
export of value added products and not raw materials, remains my goal,"
Nana Addo pledged.
He emphasized "Providing free, quality, accessible education up to
senior high school for all our country's people will be a major
component of that transformation."
The NPP disclosed, "Going around the country, meeting and interacting
with people, one can sense the high levels of despondency and
disappointment in this NDC administration, and the Ghanaian people are
looking to us in the NPP to come and save them."
He attributed the nation’s under-development to factors including,
outlined growing unemployment, collapsing businesses, widespread
poverty, access to and cost of quality education and corruption amongst.
He however stated, “When the NPP returns to power in 2013, by the grace
of God, we will build on the gains of President Kufuor's regime and
move Ghana forward."
He repeated that his political opponent’s continuous fabrications, insults and attacks on his person do not bother him at all.
"The NPP has given me a duty to win back power from the NDC in order to
restore hope to our country and that remains my focus; as for the
insults and lies, it is just a small price I'm paying for putting myself
up to serve my people and that does not worry me at all." he said.
He also said that the NDC have also resorted to attacking his person because they do not have a message to tell the electorate.
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