The immediate past Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, will join Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in his latest campaign tour in the Ashanti Region.
This move signifies the strengthening of unity in the leadership of the NPP at this crucial stage, in the 2024 election campaign.
According to insider sources, the presence of Dr. Afriyie Akoto, a renowned expert in agricultural economics and son of Baffour Osei Akoto, a founding pillar of the UP tradition, is expected to add to the ferocity of the campaign in the Ashanti Region.
Dr. Bawumia’s campaign train is set to roll out in the Ashanti Region starting from Monday, November 4, 2024. The campaign will last for two weeks.
Dr. Afriyie Akoto’s participation signifies the determination of the NPP to “break the 8”.
He, together with eight others, contested with Dr. Bawumia in the party’s Presidential primaries for the flagbearership of the NPP.
The active participation of all of the contestants in the flagbearership race demonstrates the unity of purpose with which the NPP is conducting its current campaign ‘to break the 8’.
The campaign agenda of Dr. Bawumia is based on promoting a digital economy with focus on establishing an efficient credit system for economic growth and jobs creation; implementing a business-friendly tax regime; promoting a cleaner environment and expanding the gold for oil policy to strengthen the Ghanaian Cedi against the major international trading currencies.
As the “farmers’ friend”, Dr. Afriyie Akoto has been highlighting the benefits and support that the Akufo-Addo government has been providing to farmers of this country to promote agriculture.
The message of the former two-term Member of Parliament (MP) of Kwadaso, as he accompanies Dr. Bawumia on this tour, will be to remind the farmers in the Ashanti Region and the other regions of Ghana of the unprecedented support the government of Akufo-Addo has provided to them in the last eight years.
This message is targeted at soliciting the votes of the 3.6 million farmers in Ghana.
