Former Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, is asking Ghanaians, who are desirous of progress and prosperity, to repose their confidence in, and vote for the party’s presidential nominee, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in the December 7 election.
According to Mr Kyerematen, who is the NPP’s Campaign Sector Committee Chairperson on Trade on Industry, the creation of jobs to solve the country’s “crippling unemployment crisis” will be the number one focus of an Akufo-Addo government, God-willing, from January 2017, assuring that “we, in the NPP, have the formula for job creation.”
The NPP stalwart was addressing residents of Sekondi on Sunday, 14 August 2016, at the campaign launch of the NPP’s parliamentary candidate for the constituency, Andrew Egyapa Mercer.
Mr Kyerematen noted that in addition to rapid infrastructural development for every part of the country, “Nana Akufo-Addo’s message everywhere he goes is that he is coming to create jobs for all Ghanaians. The creation of jobs is what Ghanaians must look at before voting.”
The “1-District-1-Factory” policy, he stated, will be one of the programmes for the creation of thousands of jobs for the teeming masses of unemployed Ghanaian youth across the country.
“If we have 216 factories in this country, it would mean that some of the items imported from outside of the country will be manufactured right here in Ghana. When we produce these items here, it would mean the appreciation and strengthening of the Ghana cedi. If there’s a factory in every district, why would our young men and women leave their respective homes for non-existent jobs in the city centres?” he asked.
In addition to the ‘1-District-1-Factory’ policy, Mr Kyerematen noted that the creation of an enabling environment for the private sector to flourish will be a priority area for a future government of Nana Akufo-Addo.
“With many Ghanaians engaged in their own private businesses, the NPP will make sure that there is availability of capital, at significantly lower lending rates, for the growth of businesses. 90% of jobs currently created in Ghana are through small businesses. The NPP is coming to assist the private sector, so they can create more jobs for the people,” he assured.
Mr Kyerematen further revealed that to complement the ‘1-District-1-Factory’ policy and the strengthening of the private sector, a future Akufo-Addo government “is going to make sure that strategic anchor industries are created to provide more jobs for Ghanaians. These industries will include iron and steel, cement, bauxite and aluminum, petrochemical industry, vehicle assembly and the manufacture of machine parts and equipment.”
Mr Kyerematen said the NDC and the Mahama administration have no idea about creating jobs for the unemployed in the country.
Source: Ghana/AccraFM.com
