Akufo-Addo: I’m no corrupt politician

A presidential hopeful of the opposition New Patriotic Party Nana Akufo-Addo has said he is not eyeing the Presidency to amass wealth.

“I am not in politics to enrich myself or my family,” said two-time presidential candidate of the main opposition NPP, Nana Akufo-Addo.

“I came into politics to serve the people of Ghana," he told delegates of the NPP at Mankessim in the Central Region, where he has been campaigning ahead of the party’s presidential primaries.

The former Attorney General and Minister of Justice has therefore asked Ghanaians to “give me the opportunity once more, and I assure you that I will give the party victory, and also to realise this vision for Ghana."

Akufo-Addo said the economic hardships, widespread corruption and rising levels of unemployment in the country only point to the fact that the "Better Ghana" agenda of the governing National Democratic Congress has collapsed.

According to Nana Akufo-Addo, what Ghanaians are witnessing under President Mahama's administration is a clear manifestation of his government's failure to provide good governance for the Ghanaian people.

He pointed out that the cost of living in the country keeps rising on a daily basis, whereas the incomes and salaries of ordinary Ghanaians remain low, a scenario he said is creating hardships for Ghanaians.

Akufo-Addo assured the gathering and Ghanaians, at large, that his government will pursue an industrialisation agenda that will structurally transform the Ghanaian economy from a raw material producing one to one that focuses on value addition and exports of Ghanaian products, a situation which will create lots of jobs for Ghanaians.

To do this, he told the delegates that he will assemble a competent team, from within and outside of parliament, to give Ghana the first-class government it truly deserves.