1D1F, PFJ and Ghana Card deepened property-owning democracy – Afenyo-Markin

Minority Leader Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin has said flagship policies under the Akufo-Addo administration were deliberate efforts to expand economic participation and decentralise opportunity.

Speaking at the IERPP lecture attended by former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, with Hackman Owusu-Agyemang serving as chairman of the occasion, Afenyo-Markin highlighted the impact of One District One Factory (1D1F).

He noted that the initiative spread industrialisation beyond Accra and major urban centres, integrating districts into national production chains.

On agriculture, he said Planting for Food and Jobs boosted productivity and restored dignity to farming through subsidised inputs and structured market access.

He also described the Ghana Card as foundational to modern governance, enabling secure identity verification, financial inclusion, and access to credit.

“A secure legal identity is the gateway to property ownership in a rules-based economy,” he stated.

He concluded that the Danquah-Dombo-Busia ideological tradition remains anchored in constitutional governance, private-sector-led growth, and empowered citizenship.