Politics is not about vote buying - Akosa

Cape Coast, Sept 30, GNA - A presidential aspirant of the Convention People's Party (CPP), Professor Agyemang Badu Akosa, on Sunday expressed worry about the current trend of politicking in the country and said there was "no respect" in it.

He said politics should not be about vote buying but about one's commitment, dedication and ability to serve the country. Prof Akosa said this when he joined the congregation at the St Francis de Sales Cathedral in Cape Coast at a fund-raising harvest in aid of a vocation centre for the unemployed youth in the church. The presidential aspirant, therefore, stressed the need for politics to be conducted with decorum and appealed to politicians to be prepared to make sacrifices for the country and pledged his preparedness to do so.


On the nation's economy, he expressed worry at the sale of state enterprises set up during the Nkrumah regime. He said rather than sell off such vital properties, what successive governments after Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah's government should have been doing was adding more to them for the benefit of future generations.


Prof Akosa, who is also the immediate past Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), said although market forces have a crucial role, the government should not leave everything to these forces.


He commended the church for raising funds to set up a vocational centre for the unemployed youth in the church and also expressed worry that eight out of every 10 children in the country were unable to continue their education to the secondary school or vocational/technical levels.

Prof Akosa appealed to the government to ensure that Ghanaian children are able to continue his or her education to enable them contribute their quota to national development.


Mr Kweku Ricketts, who chaired the function, tasked all members of the church to contribute generously towards the project to help provide the youth with skills and that it was their "duty to cater for the future of the youth".


Prof Akosa donated GH=A2100 towards the project.