Standard-bearer of the Progressive People’s
Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, says contrary to government claims that it is
creating jobs; the Mahama administration was rather pushing jobs out of the
country. Dr. Nduom made this observation on Monday, November 14, 2016
when he interacted with students of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) as part
of his Central Region campaign tour.
The PPP leader explained that Ghana
spends $1.2 billion every year to import rice into the country.
That
money, he said, can be used to grow rice on the country’s 580,000 acres of land
to give her 1.7 million tonnes of rice to feed the entire country with surplus
for export.
The government’s action(s), according to Dr. Nduom, was
creating thousands of jobs for people in the United States of America (USA)
Thailand, India and China while thousands of skilled and unskilled Ghanaians
lurk around with nothing or little to do.
It was the lack of vision on
the part of government, Dr Nduom said, motivated his conglomerate, Groupe Nduom
(GN,) to recently acquire and revamp the Worawora Rice Mill in the Volta
Region.
The Worawora Rice Mill, the business magnate cum politician said,
will create 5,000 direct jobs for the people in the area, as his outfit
constructs another rice mill at Assin Bereku in the Central Region.
“Now
let me go to oil and gas. I don’t understand why we have given away oil. Left to
me, the oil should stay on the ground. South Korea has no oil yet it imports
crude, refines it and sells it for more income for their economy. Why can’t we
do same?
“…other nations own their oil but Ghana has dashed hers out. A
PPP government will change the status quo,” he assured.
Another area of
employment for the country which was being exploited by foreigners, the PPP
flag-bearer pointed out, is the cashew sector.
“The Indians are taking
our raw cashew from Ghana and are turning them into drinks to sell them back to
us. Why can’t we build factories that will do same and give jobs to our people”?
he wondered.
“Vote 4 for Nduom for 4 years for benefits and benefits and
benefits and benefits for 4 years,” he urged the students.
Dr. Nduom
however, bemoaned certain provisions in Ghana’s constitution.
For
instance, he could not understand why the 1992 Constitution gives too much power
to the president.
Leader of the UCC branch of the Progressive Youth
Movement (PYM,) Daniel Bempong, on his part said the youth in the country are
awake for a positive change.
In this regard, he urged the students to
replace President Dramani Mahama with Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom.
“Let’s
campaign intensively for the PPP. Don’t let anybody deceive you with money,” he
advised. |
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