NPP flagbearer hopeful Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, claims he has contributed significantly to the development of the country.
During his tour of Greater Accra, Alan Kyerematen brought up the President’s Special Initiatives (PSI) which was an accomplishment of the Kufuor administration, as a revolutionary idea of his that could’ve transformed Ghana’s economic trajectory.
“With the amount of work I have done for this country, sometimes I even feel ashamed talking about it. In President Kufuor’s era, I was one of the senior ministers in Kufuor’s administration. I brought PSI (The President’s Special Initiatives), and if Ghanaians had listened to me, today Ghana wouldn’t have gone to the IMF, he said.
The primary goal of the PSIs was to shift Ghana’s economy away from its reliance on foreign aid, donor support, and a limited number of commodity exports in order to shed its HIPC designation.
Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, resigned from the Akufo-Addo government in January to pursue his presidential ambitions. In 2007, Alan launched his first run for the NPP leadership and received 32.3% of the vote, losing to Nana Akufo-Addo’s 47.96%. He ran again in 2010 and again in 2014, but both times, Akufo-Addo won the primary.
Ten potential NPP presidential candidates picked up nomination forms and paid the GH50.000 non-refundable candidature price on Thursday, June 1, 2023.
Among the ten are Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, a former Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, MP for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agapong, a former Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Joe Ghartey, a businessman and energy expert, Kwadwo Poku, a former Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko, a former NP General Secretary, Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, a former MP for Mampong, Francis Addai-Nimoh, a former Minister of State, Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku, and a former Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afrivie Akoto.
