'Thank you for the confidence reposed in me to lead agric sector' – Afriyie Akoto

Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, former Minister of Food and Agriculture, has expressed his gratitude to the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the confidence reposed in him to lead Agric sector.

Dr Afiyie Akoto in a tweet also thanked the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for contributing to the growth of the Agric sector.

“I express my sincere gratitude to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the confidence reposed in me to lead agric industry.

“I thank the NPP for contributing to the sector’s growth. I appreciate Ghanaians for their support,” he tweeted.

The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has resigned to pursue his presidential ambition.

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His resignation comes a week after his colleague Minister for Trade, Alan Kyeremanten, also stepped down as minister to pursue his presidential ambition.

Alan Kyeremanten, a presidential hopeful, believes that some things could have been done differently under the current administration, from which he resigned a week ago to pursue his presidential ambition.

Addressing the nation on Tuesday 10th January 2023 to officially declare his intention to run for president in a televised broadcast night, Allan Kyeremanten said: “The president has laid a strong foundation for the socioeconomic development of our country, although I believe there are things that could have been done differently. My vision is to build a superstructure on this foundation that will bring prosperity to our nation.”

According to the former Trade Minister, the pre-COVID-19 performance of our economy, the flagship programmes including the Free SHS, the One District One Factory (1D1F) Initiative, the Planting for Food and Jobs programme, the Agenda 111 project, and the COVID-19 Response initiatives, are all testimonies of the strong leadership that the President has provided over the last six years.

“In spite of all of the above however, it is an undeniable fact that the combined effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war has stampeded our country into a crisis of unprecedent proportions, with its negative impacts on the economy, on businesses, and on our social lives” he said.

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