A Former Minister for Energy under the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Boakye Agyarko, says the governing NPP has to rule for 60 years inorder to fix Ghana.
He maintained that it will take about 60 years to position the country well for economic prosperity and development and that only the NPP can do that.
According to Boakye Agyarko, the NPP has demonstrated, over the past five years since gaining power, that it is capable of transforming Ghana if stays in government for a longer period.
Speaking at the Eastern Regional Annual Delegates Conference at Kyebi on Sunday October 17, 2021 noted that it wil be unfair to hand over to the NDC after breaking the 8 in 2021.
According to Boakye Agyarko, this could be possible only when the party remains united ahead of 2024 and the party supporters are motivated enough to work harder.
“After breaking the 8, then we hand over power to NDC? absolutely not. My intention for this party is to become the dominant political force on the political space. So that there would be no challenger to the NPP in any election that we go. So that every election, election after election we will continue rule. The Japanese Liberal Party has been in power for 54 years, the PRI of Maxico has ruled for 71 years so NPP ours must be 60 years,” Boakye Agyarko explained.
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Meanwhile the Director of Operations at the Presidency, Lord Commey has said he will tensure that the NPP continue to reign for a longer period dismissing the ‘breaking the eight’ mantra.
Also Speaking at the ceremony, The General Secretary John Boadu who delivered the keynote address said, “breaking the 8” will not be on a silver platter.
“The NPP has learned enough lessons from the era of former President John Agyekum Kuffuor who introduced great pro-poor policy interventions such as the National Health Insurance Scheme, Free maternal care in addition to improved economic indicators yet the NPP was voted out in 2008. We are investing more in strengthening communication and publicity of major government achievements for the Ghanaian populace to buy into the vision of the party and how it intends to improve their living standards and position Ghana on the world map,” John Boadu said.
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