Nana Akufo-Addo's Flag-bearership Record

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MANNY. London 11 years ago

MR. OPOKU AGYEMAN I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING YOUR WRITE UPS TO GET MR ALLAN KYEREMATENG NOMINATED AS THE NEXT NPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR THE 2016 ELECTIONS, BUT MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, KWAME, DO YOU HAVE TO DESTROY NANA ADDO T ...
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MR. OPOKU AGYEMAN I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING YOUR WRITE UPS TO GET MR ALLAN KYEREMATENG NOMINATED AS THE NEXT NPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR THE 2016 ELECTIONS, BUT MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, KWAME, DO YOU HAVE TO DESTROY NANA ADDO TO GET ALLAN NOMINATED?. SO WHAT WILL YOU DO IF ALLAN FAILS TO GET THE NOD FROM THE DELEGATES AND NANA GET NOMINATED? DON'T FORGET THAT BOTH ALLAN AND NANA ARE ALL NPP MEMBERS FIGHTING FOR THE SAME COURSE. THAT IS TO TRY AND WIN POWER FOR THE NPP PARTY,IN ORDER TO HELP GHANAIANS OVERCOME THE CURRENT ECONOMIC HARDSHIP THEY ARE GOING THROUGH. WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS GIVING A LOT OF AMMUNITIONS TO THE NPP POLITICAL OPPONENTS TO USE AGAINST NANA ADDO SHOULD HE WINS THE NOMINATIONS. KWAME, MY ADVICE TO YOU IS STOP THIS WRITE UPS AGAINST NANA AND SUPPORT THE NPP PARTY YOU CLAIM TO LOVE AND HELP TO WIN POWER FOR GHANAIANS, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHO WINS THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS COME DECEMBER 2014.I WILL RATHER SUGGEST YOU TRAIN YOUR GUNS ON THE NDC PARTY WHO ARE MAKING LIVE MISERY FOR GHANAIANS. PLEASE FOR UNITY, PEACE AND HARMONY IN THE NPP PARTY LEAVE NANA ADDO ALONE. THANKS.
KOGYAM58 11 years ago

THANK YOU, MANNY. YOU HAVE SAID IT ALL!.
ALL THESE WRITE UPS ARE NOT HELPFUL AT ALL.THEY FURTHER DEEPEN THE RIFT IN THE PARTY AND KEEP THE PARTY.ABRAHAM LINCOLN TRIED MORE THAN 10 TIMES YET HE BECAME PRESIDENT.ATTA-MILLS WEN ...
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THANK YOU, MANNY. YOU HAVE SAID IT ALL!.
ALL THESE WRITE UPS ARE NOT HELPFUL AT ALL.THEY FURTHER DEEPEN THE RIFT IN THE PARTY AND KEEP THE PARTY.ABRAHAM LINCOLN TRIED MORE THAN 10 TIMES YET HE BECAME PRESIDENT.ATTA-MILLS WENT FOR THE THIRD TIME AND BECAME PRESIDENT.WHY IS THE TWO TIMES FAILURE OF NANA ADDO SO MUCH A BOTHER TO KWAME OPOKU AND CO.IF KWAME BELIEVES THAT SINCERELY THAT 2012 ELECTION WAS RIGGED AGAINST NPP THEN HE MUST THINK TWICE.
FINALLY DO YOU KNOW THAT THE TOTAL VOTES OBTAINED BY NPP PARLIAMENTARIANS E IS MORE THAN WHAT WAS OBTAINED BY NDC?WHAT DOES IT TELL YOU ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL RESULTS?EITHER IT WAS RIGGED IN FAVOUR OF MAHAMA OR NPP VOTERS VOTED SKIRT AND BLOUSE.
SARPONG 11 years ago

I have tried my best to reason with this guy tosoften his aattacks on Nana Akuffo Addo but he seems not to get the message.

My problem is that, even if Alan gets the nomination, how is this guy and the Alan Kyerematteng c ...
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I have tried my best to reason with this guy tosoften his aattacks on Nana Akuffo Addo but he seems not to get the message.

My problem is that, even if Alan gets the nomination, how is this guy and the Alan Kyerematteng campaign team going to get the Akuffo Addo supporters to enthusiastically campaign and vote for Alan? Can't Alan win the nomination without using this divisive method?

I have been in this forum since 2007 and have not seen such vitriolic heaped on a party Presidential candidate from within his own party as this guy is doing.

Okoampa was doing the same thing to Alan Kyerematten and I cautioned him to stop, I. can't say he has stopped yet but he has toned it down compared to this guy who to me is spurred on to do this with a hope of securing a juicy political appointment in an event of Kyerematten Presidency. He is motivated more by cedi signs more than anything.

This is really sad indeed and people in Npp are not even concerned about the bridge of division this guy is building in the party.
ZIGI 11 years ago

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH GAKE ! ABSOLUTELY NOT. WHATEVER THE DELEGATES SAY IS FINE BUT YOU DON'T TRY TO BRING UP YOUR CANDIDATE BY PULLING DOWN THE OTHER CANDIDATE. YES THE OTHER CANDIDATE YOU SWORE WAS THE BEST THING JUST FEW ...
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I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH GAKE ! ABSOLUTELY NOT. WHATEVER THE DELEGATES SAY IS FINE BUT YOU DON'T TRY TO BRING UP YOUR CANDIDATE BY PULLING DOWN THE OTHER CANDIDATE. YES THE OTHER CANDIDATE YOU SWORE WAS THE BEST THING JUST FEW MONTHS AGO. KATAKYIE, GOD FORGIVE YOU !
OBIA DIE MIENU MIENU 11 years ago

DID WELL AT WHICH IEA DEBATES???

IN LIEU OF COUP TO BRING HIM TO POWER, THIS SHORTINGO WHO ALWAYS PUTTS DOWN HIS COUNTRY AND PRESENTS HIMSELF FOR INTERNATIONAL APPROVAL AS THE REAL OR ACTUAL LEADER OF GHANA. THIS DESPICABL ...
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DID WELL AT WHICH IEA DEBATES???

IN LIEU OF COUP TO BRING HIM TO POWER, THIS SHORTINGO WHO ALWAYS PUTTS DOWN HIS COUNTRY AND PRESENTS HIMSELF FOR INTERNATIONAL APPROVAL AS THE REAL OR ACTUAL LEADER OF GHANA. THIS DESPICABLE MUGU YARO WAS EVEN COURTING OUTARRA SUPPORT AND TO CREATE ENMITY FOR MAHAMA AND THE GOVERNMENT, DURING THE IEA PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, ANGRILY AND PERSISTENTLY ARGUING FOR COTE D'IVOIRE, THAT GHANA GOVERNMENT HAD IVORIAN DISSIDENTS IN CAMPS ON GHANA SIDE OF BORDER. IRONICALLY OUTARRA AND MILLS/ MAHAMA ARE ON VERY GOOD TERMS. WHAT SHORTINGO FORGOT IS THAT SHOULD IVORIAN/ FRENCH FORCES LAUNCH ATTACK INTO GHANA TO CHASE IMAGINARY DISSIDENTS, IT WOULD BE AKAN VILLAGES AND TOWNS THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED. ALL FOR ONE SELFISH MAN AND HIS TRIBAL CULT DESIRE TO BE PRESIDENT AND BE HAVING BRITISH COCKTAILS AT PEDUASE LODGE.

THIS BABOON WHO COULDN'T EVEN ANSWER QUESTIONS FULLY, ALWAYS WASTING TIME TALKING GRANDLY ABOUT HIMSELF, EVERY POLICY QUESTION, HIS ANSWER WAS FREE SHS, BEHAVING LIKE HE WAS TOO GOOD TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH DEBATE, BETTER THAN THE OTHER ASPIRANTS
FREE WOYOME 11 years ago

THIS IDIOT IS WRITTEN OFF. KATAKYIE I HOPE AND PRAY YOU VOTE FOR THE NDC BECAUSE NANA WILL WIN AGAIN REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU PAINT HIM. NO ONE WILL VOTE FOR ALAN THE PUSSY !!! KWASIASEM !!!

THIS IDIOT IS WRITTEN OFF. KATAKYIE I HOPE AND PRAY YOU VOTE FOR THE NDC BECAUSE NANA WILL WIN AGAIN REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU PAINT HIM. NO ONE WILL VOTE FOR ALAN THE PUSSY !!! KWASIASEM !!!
SARPONG 11 years ago

Please don't say that. I understand your frustration.We need each other if we intend to wrestle power from Ndc. Nana Akuffo Addo supporters should also refrain from attacking Alan supporters.

This guy should not even be ca ...
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Please don't say that. I understand your frustration.We need each other if we intend to wrestle power from Ndc. Nana Akuffo Addo supporters should also refrain from attacking Alan supporters.

This guy should not even be called Okatakyie. He has not earned that title. Let's watch this guy destroy himself to pariah status.
Opanin 11 years ago

Katakyie Kwame Opoku Agyeman PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE do not fake to be an Asante man writing from Asante Bekwai. Let the world know your real identity and which ethnic group you belong to because you are an "APOTONI" masquerad ...
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Katakyie Kwame Opoku Agyeman PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE do not fake to be an Asante man writing from Asante Bekwai. Let the world know your real identity and which ethnic group you belong to because you are an "APOTONI" masquerading as an Asante man. If you are an EWE as I suspect, nothing stops you from sowing confusion and acrimony in the NPP just like what another coward Ewe called Margaret Jackson has been doing. Be bold and let the world know your identity and your ideas.

The conspiracy to discredit Akan leaders, especially Nana Akufo Addo must stop. There are more pressing issues facing the NDC government and people like Katakyie Kwame Opku Agyemang, Margaret Jackson and Dr Bokor must channel their energies and brains to help Mahama succeed.
MANNY. London 11 years ago

MR. OPOKU AGYEMAN I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING YOUR WRITE UPS TO GET MR ALLAN KYEREMATENG NOMINATED AS THE NEXT NPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR THE 2016 ELECTIONS, BUT MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, KWAME, DO YOU HAVE TO DESTROY NANA ADDO T ...
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MR. OPOKU AGYEMAN I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING YOUR WRITE UPS TO GET MR ALLAN KYEREMATENG NOMINATED AS THE NEXT NPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR THE 2016 ELECTIONS, BUT MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, KWAME, DO YOU HAVE TO DESTROY NANA ADDO TO GET ALLAN NOMINATED?. SO WHAT WILL YOU DO IF ALLAN FAILS TO GET THE NOD FROM THE DELEGATES AND NANA GET NOMINATED? DON'T FORGET THAT BOTH ALLAN AND NANA ARE ALL NPP MEMBERS FIGHTING FOR THE SAME COURSE. THAT IS TO TRY AND WIN POWER FOR THE NPP PARTY,IN ORDER TO HELP GHANAIANS OVERCOME THE CURRENT ECONOMIC HARDSHIP THEY ARE GOING THROUGH. WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS GIVING A LOT OF AMMUNITIONS TO THE NPP POLITICAL OPPONENTS TO USE AGAINST NANA ADDO SHOULD HE WINS THE NOMINATIONS. KWAME, MY ADVICE TO YOU IS STOP THIS WRITE UPS AGAINST NANA AND SUPPORT THE NPP PARTY YOU CLAIM TO LOVE AND HELP TO WIN POWER FOR GHANAIANS, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHO WINS THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS COME DECEMBER 2014.I WILL RATHER SUGGEST YOU TRAIN YOUR GUNS ON THE NDC PARTY WHO ARE MAKING LIVE MISERY FOR GHANAIANS. PLEASE FOR UNITY, PEACE AND HARMONY IN THE NPP PARTY LEAVE NANA ADDO ALONE. THANKS.
MAYOPIA 11 years ago

FEW MONTHS AGO HE WAS THE FREE SHS AMBASSADOR. NOW HE'S CALLING NANA NAMES. THIS MAN IS PATHETIC, POWER BY ALL MEANS. I HOPE ALAN HIRES YOU TO SUCK HIS DICK... VERY FUNNY MAN....

YOU CAN'T JUMP THE SHIP EACH TIME SHIT DOES ...
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FEW MONTHS AGO HE WAS THE FREE SHS AMBASSADOR. NOW HE'S CALLING NANA NAMES. THIS MAN IS PATHETIC, POWER BY ALL MEANS. I HOPE ALAN HIRES YOU TO SUCK HIS DICK... VERY FUNNY MAN....

YOU CAN'T JUMP THE SHIP EACH TIME SHIT DOESNT GO YOUR WAY. EVEN THOSE OF US IN THE NDC CIRCLE KNOWS MAHAMA RIGGED THE FUCKING ELECTIONS.....I THOUGHT YOU WERE ONE OF THE SMART GHANAIANS. MAYBE U ARE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT CHOPPING POUNDS AGAIN... HAHAHAHA

Antiochus - London 11 years ago

Katakyie(Hull-UK) can you tell us Alan's laurels in respective to his political life?

Katakyie(Hull-UK) can you tell us Alan's laurels in respective to his political life?
GAWUKO 11 years ago

"Alan is tall, gentle, giant, handsome, energetic, and approachable and he is called John".

"Alan is tall, gentle, giant, handsome, energetic, and approachable and he is called John".
SENDERO 11 years ago

Here is Alan's profile for your information:

Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen was born on 3 October 1955. Alan Kyerematen attended Adisadel College for his secondary education, entering the institution at the record age of nine ...
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Here is Alan's profile for your information:

Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen was born on 3 October 1955. Alan Kyerematen attended Adisadel College for his secondary education, entering the institution at the record age of nine years. He attended the prestigious Achimota School afterwards for his sixth form education. He proceeded to the University of Ghana, Legon for a Bachelor's degree in Economics. Kyerematen also holds a Law degree, LLB from the Ghana Law School at the same university where he qualified as a Barrister-at-Law. He was called to the bar in Ghana, and is a practicing attorney–at-law in Ghana. In addition, he is a Hubert Humphrey Fellow of the School of Management at the University of Minnesota, U.S.A, having completed one year management studies under the Fulbright Fellowship program at that institution.

Corporate career:
Alan John Kyerematen has had an extensive and successful professional career in both the private and public sector spanning a period of over twenty-four years.

He was a senior corporate executive with a subsidiary of Unilever International in Ghana where he became a junior manager at the age of twenty-two years. He also worked for a number of years as a Principal Consultant and Head of Public Systems Management with one of the leading management development institutions in Ghana, the Management Development and Productivity Institute (MDPI).

In 1998, Alan Kyerematen was appointed by the UNDP as the first Regional Director of Enterprise Africa, which was an Africa-wide, flagship initiative for the development and promotion of small and medium enterprises. Under that framework, he established enterprise support institutions and programmes in 13 Sub-Saharan Africa countries - Botswana, Benin, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda.

Over 4,000 African entrepreneurs and small businesses have benefited from these programmes.

In 1990, Alan Kyerematen was responsible for establishing and managing the EMPRETEC Programme in Ghana, a leading business development programme sponsored by the United Nations and Barclays Bank. He led the transformation of EMPRETEC from a UN project into an independent Foundation, and as its founding Chief Executive, developed the Foundation into a world-class institution which is recognized as a successful model and best practice institution for enterprise development in Africa.

Between 1984 and 1990, he participated in and managed a number of major private and public sector consulting assignments in Ghana, as a Principal Consultant and Head of Public Systems Management with the Management Development and Productivity Institute (MDPI), a leading management development institution in Ghana.Prior to this, he was a senior corporate executive with UAC Ghana Ltd, a subsidiary of Unilever International, where he worked in various managerial positions with distinction until 1984.

Throughout his career, Alan Kyerematen has demonstrated a capacity for efficient and effective leadership in managing and coordinating organizational activities at high levels of executive responsibility. Within that context, he has managed a diverse team of professional staff and technical experts, and provided intellectual leadership in supervising the planning and organization of major international events, including the preparation of technical reports and other documentation.

In addition, he has acquired over the years, an in-depth knowledge and understanding, as well as practical experience in dealing with critical development issues and challenges in Africa, particularly in LDCs, in the areas of trade, investment and economic policy management.

He has also at different stages of his professional career, successfully mobilized and managed significant resources from development partners to support development efforts in Africa.

Mr. Kyerematen is a member of the Council of Governors of the British Executive Service Overseas (BESO) in the UK and also a Board member of other organizations in Ghana.

In 1994, Mr. Kyerematen was listed by the TIME Magazine as one of the Hundred (100) Global Leaders for the New Millennium, alongside Bill Gates (Microsoft Corporation), John F. Kennedy Jr., and others.

Diplomatic and International Public Service:

Mr. Kyerematen was appointed Ghana’s Ambassador to the U.S.A. when the N.P.P came into office in 2001.

As Head of Ghana’s Diplomatic Mission to the United States of America, he was considered the NPP Government’s top foreign envoy and performed with distinction over the 18-month duty tour.

His significant achievements include:

- Establishment of the US-Ghana Economic Council, a high-level advocacy and advisory group established to deepen economic relations and bilateral trade between Ghana and the United States;

- Coordinating Government’s re-negotiation of the Westel agreement with Western Wireless and Valco Agreement with Kaiser Aluminium Company Coordinating the implementation of the first Investment Forum in the United States to showcase the economic potential of each of the 10 regions of Ghana Establishment of the first web-based Ghana Skills Bank, a database designed to facilitate access to Ghanaian professionals and experts worldwide.

He initiated plans for the establishment of a Ghana Cultural Centre in the United of States.

He developed an “Operation Save Your Schools Programme” for Ghana residents in the United States to assist their alma mater primary/middle schools.

Mr Kyerematen served as a trade advisor at the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

He heads the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC); a centre created by the ECA with the main objective of strengthening the human and institutional capacities of African governments to formulate and implement sound trade policies and participates more effectively in trade negotiations at the bilateral, regional and multilateral levels.

He is leading efforts in enhancing advocacy for trade in Africa, building the capacity of trade negotiators, as well as developing capability at the country level in trade policy formulation.

In addition, he is coordinating the implementation of technical assistance programmes to enhance the productive capacity and competitiveness of African countries, and also providing support for analytical as well as evidence-based research on trade related issues.

Mr Kyerematen is one of the leading members of the technical team that provided strategic guidance and support to the African Union Commission in developing and elaborating an Action Plan for Boosting intra-African Trade and preparing a framework for the establishment of a Continental Free Trade Area. As part of this effort, he was designated as a Special Envoy of the African Union to hold consultations with selected African Heads of State prior to the 18th African Union Summit of Heads of State and Government in January 2012.

Ghana, on 17 December 2012, nominated Mr. Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen for the post of WTO Director-General to succeed the current Director-General, Mr Pascal Lamy, whose term of office expired on 31 August 2013.

His candidature has received the backing of the Africa Union (AU)but he did not make the final shortlist for the position. During his interaction with the media to state his case to head the WTO, Kyerematen noted that the WTO provides “a firewall against protectionism”. He was asked whether the director-general should take a stand in the battle over whether increasingly wealthy countries such as Brazil should continue to be able to self-identify as developing, a status that allows them to be freed from some of the subsidy restrictions placed on developed countries.

Kyerematen said that the director-general should undertake “an open, coherent” dialogue on the topic. There needs to be debate, he said, over whether “there is a need to subdivide the existing divisions".

On whether technical acumen is the sole requisite for the job, Kyerematen opined that “political insights that are vital" for the job because “in the end you have an organization to run.”

Politics:

Mr. Alan Kyerematen has been a leading stalwart and key strategist of the NPP since its inception in 1992. He is a founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and has also served on the highest decision-making bodies of the NPP that shaped the Party’s strategic direction both in opposition and in Government.

NPP National Executive Committee, serving as a Member from 1992 to date NPP Economic Management Team NPP Finance Committee.

He is also a Founding Member of the Young Executive Forum (YEF), a powerful advocacy and lobby group within the Party which played a major role in galvanizing the professional and business community to support the growth and development of the party, as well as mobilize a new generation of party faithful and young leaders.

As Chairman of YEF from 1992 to 2001, he symbolized the essence and spirit of the new generation of party leaders.

Hon. Kyerematen has been one of the privileged few to have held membership of the National Executive Committee for over a decade, under successive Chairmanship of Mr. B.J. DaRocha, The Right Honourable Peter Ala Adjetey, Samuel Odoi-Sykes and Mr. Haruna Esseku.

As a result of his contribution to strategy development within the Party, he was appointed as a Member of the NPP/CPP Great Alliance Negotiating Team.

Mr. Kyerematen made an attempt at the leadership of the New Patriotic Party in 2007, capturing 32.3% of votes cast. He was first runner-up to Nana Ado Dankwa Akufo Ado who gained 47.96% of votes cast.

He made another attempt in 2010 where he placed a distant second with 20.40% of total valid votes cast to Nana Akuffo Addo's 77.92%.[20]

Once asked by a journalist how he became known in the Ghanaian media as “Alan Cash,” Kyerematen said it happened because in political campaigns he stressed the importance of creating jobs and "real cash" for the people.

Cabinet Minister:

In 2003, Alan Kyerematen was appointed as the Cabinet Minister with responsibility for Trade, Industry and the President’s Special Initiatives (PSI) with additional responsibility for Private Sector Development (PSD).

In that capacity, he spearheaded the development and implementation of innovative programmes which have become new strategic pillars of growth for the transformation of the Ghanaian economy.

Concrete manifestations of these special initiatives are:

An $8.5 million state-of-the-art factory, which produces high grade industrial starch from cassava for export to key markets in Europe, Africa and Asia.

The starch initiative created over 10,000 jobs and piloted a new innovative approach in rural industry development based on the concept of Corporate Village Enterprises. In addition, it was considered as a model in linking developing countries into the global supply chain through industrial agro-processing.

The first industrial starch company was certified as a global supplier of high grade starch to Nestle operations worldwide.

The construction of a multi-million dollar enclave within the Tema Free Zone, dedicated to garments manufacturing for the export market by Ghanaian entrepreneurs. The enclave is also being extended and converted to accommodate similar facilities for Furniture Manufacturing and an ICT Park, thus converting part of the Free Zones into a multi-purpose Industrial Park.

The major component activities implemented include the establishment of Export Trade Houses, the establishment of a “Furniture City” at Tema - an enclave for manufacturers of wood export products, the establishment of product galleries to promote Made-in-Ghana goods and the establishment of a Technology Innovation Center for Capital Goods Manufacturing.

The revival of the Oil Palm industry in Ghana, achieving a phenomenal growth in seedlings: supply rose from 250,000 seedlings per annum in 2001 to 4 million as at the end of 2004, from twelve nursery sites. Programme initiated under which over 102,000 hectares Oil palm plantation is being cultivated.

Mobilizing new investments to expand Salt mining operations in Ghana and provide a stable raw material base for the development of a caustic soda industry to feed other manufacturing industries. Ghana’s non-traditional export sector has grown from $400 million in 2000 to the level of $800 million in 2005.

The roll-out and implementation of the Districts Industrialisation Programme, a comprehensive programme for rural industrialization involving the setting up of at least one medium-sized factory in each administrative district in Ghana.

As Minister for Trade, Industry, he has coordinated Government of Ghana’s trade policy agenda in respect of multilateral trade negotiations, including WTO, EU-ACP Economic

Partnership Agreement and ECOWAS. He played lead roles in both the regional preparatory process towards the WTO Cancun and Hong Kong Ministerial Meetings, particularly during the latter, in which he was one of the privileged few amongst Trade Ministers in the World, to have been appointed as a member of the Chairman’s Consultative Group.

He was also the only Trade Minister from Africa to have been selected as a panelist on Trade during the 2006 World Economic Forum in Davos.

Alan Kyerematen played a key role in shaping Africa’s Trade Policy agenda in the WTO Multilateral Negotiations and the EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreement Negotiations. He was one of the lead negotiators for Africa in the WTO Ministerial Conference in Cancun in 2003, and also participated in the high-level “Green Room” consultations during the Hong Kong WTO Conference in December 2005.

In addition, he initiated, directed and managed the preparations for the hosting of UNCTAD XII in Ghana, and introduced for the first time in the history of UNCTAD Conferences, the World Investment Forum which has now become a major calendar event for UNCTAD.

He also coordinated and supervised the hosting by Ghana of the Sixth United States-Africa Summit in 2006, and played a key role in negotiating changes in the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). He was Chairman of the ECOWAS Council of Trade Ministers at the critical stages of launching the EU-ECOWAS EPA negotiations.

He has also led the negotiation and development of bilateral trade and economic relations between the Government of Ghana and its major trading partners, including the UK, US, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, China, Denmark, South Africa, Nigeria, etc.

He had been a leading member of the NPP Government team promoting Ghana abroad and attracting and facilitating foreign direct investment into the country, and has also been responsible for developing a comprehensive internal trade and import management portfolio aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of local products, promoting fair trade and protecting consumer interests as well as promoting Made-in-Ghana products through campaigns such as the highly successful “National Friday Wear” programme.

Under his direction, a comprehensive Ghana Trade Policy has for the first time in the history of Ghana been launched as a major plank in Government’s strategy for accelerating and sustaining economic growth and increasing incomes and employment. The Trade Policy provides clear and transparent guidelines for the comprehensive implementation of Government’s domestic and international trade agenda.

In addition, he led the process of preparing a $200-million implementation blueprint, called the Trade Sector Support Programme (TSSP), which was launched in October 2005.

He also negotiated a $45 million facility with the World Bank to promote small and medium enterprise development in Ghana. Another major achievement of Kyerematen was to develop the Trade Ministry into a professional service organization with the Ministry being restructured into strategic business units with an efficient programme coordination and management system.

Personal life:

Coming from a mixed Akan ancestry of the Asante and Fante ethnic subgroups, he speaks Twi and Fanti fluently. In addition, he speaks Ga and is proficient in French. He is married to Patricia Christabel Kyerematen (née Kingsley-Nyinah), the daughter of Justice Joseph Kingsley-Nyinah, Ghana's Electoral Commissioner during the 1979 presidential election.
LONTO-BOY 11 years ago

Katakyie Kwame Opoku Agyemang, as a fellow alumnus of Opoku Ware School [OWASS], even though I don't know you as a person, I'm respectfully advising you to stop this tactics and behaviour. As intelligent and educated as you s ...
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Katakyie Kwame Opoku Agyemang, as a fellow alumnus of Opoku Ware School [OWASS], even though I don't know you as a person, I'm respectfully advising you to stop this tactics and behaviour. As intelligent and educated as you sound, I wonder if you think attacking Nana Akufo-Addo is helping the course of Mr Alan Kyerematen. Your pro-Alan attack stories, demonization and character assassination of Nana Akufo-Addo is crude, divisive, and damaging to the NPP. This attack stories will create yet more division and bitterness within the ranks. And NPP's fratricide will be NDC's gain.

I wouldn't think for a moment that Mr Alan Kyerematen approves this attack stories on Nana Akufo-Addo. I hope someone very close to Alan reading this will have a word with him about you. You're not doing Alan a favour with such attack stories if you think discrediting Nana Akufo-Addo will make you the "gatekeeper" for Alan. Myself, fellow OKATAKYIE SARPONG among other commentators, who are neither NPP supporters nor pro-Alan and pro-Nana loyalists have condemned the likes of Dr Kwame Okoampah-Ahoofe and others in Nana's wing for their similar hatchet job on Alan. Divided party never wins. NPP will lose the 2016 election, if the party does not stay disciplined and appear united.
SARPONG 11 years ago

I just don't know why this guy has embarked on this quixotic wind mill chasing expedition. He is not doing Alan any good even if Alan wins the nomination with this strategy, it will be a pyrrhic victory.

I just don't know why this guy has embarked on this quixotic wind mill chasing expedition. He is not doing Alan any good even if Alan wins the nomination with this strategy, it will be a pyrrhic victory.
Nii Mensah Katinka 11 years ago

Let that fool calling himself Okatakyie continue with his stupid effusions for Alan Cassava will be no match to Nana Addo. If even Ashanti Region alone should decide, Nana will win. Ghanaians are no fools to allow a semi-demi ...
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Let that fool calling himself Okatakyie continue with his stupid effusions for Alan Cassava will be no match to Nana Addo. If even Ashanti Region alone should decide, Nana will win. Ghanaians are no fools to allow a semi-demi- Kuffour type to come near the presidency. Ghanaians want a Prez who can articulate his vision and carry out policies that will inspire the people. Alan is far from these qualities- even Cassava Project he could not manage despite the christened Presidential Initiative as per Kuffour. Nana will bring all the corrupt men including NPP ones to book so stay tuned.
LONTO-BOY 11 years ago

My fellow, OKATAKYIE SARPONG, I completely agree with your point.

My fellow, OKATAKYIE SARPONG, I completely agree with your point.
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 11 years ago

LONTO-BOY, could you believe that this was the same person who wrote articles in support of Nana Akufo-Addo in 2012? I remember he even posted on Ghanaweb a speech he gave at an NPP meeting in London and claimed the title of ...
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LONTO-BOY, could you believe that this was the same person who wrote articles in support of Nana Akufo-Addo in 2012? I remember he even posted on Ghanaweb a speech he gave at an NPP meeting in London and claimed the title of Free SHS Ambassador. What happened to him to turn 180 degrees against Nana just to get Alan elected as Flagbearer? It's sad but both you and SARPONG as well other readers are right that he is actually causing damage to Alan's cause as well as giving ammunition to NDC if Nana becomes the Flagbearer in 2016. His antics could also encourage pro Nana Akufo-Addo group to post similar damaging articles about Alan. In the end, it's NPP as a party that would be damaged. The enemy within.
LONTO-BOY 11 years ago

MASSA KOFI, that's very true. I do remember his support for Nana Akufo-Addo's Free SHS. For some strange reasons, he's now turning on Nana Akufo-Addo.

MASSA KOFI, that's very true. I do remember his support for Nana Akufo-Addo's Free SHS. For some strange reasons, he's now turning on Nana Akufo-Addo.
Osei Poku Nana 11 years ago

It is my candid view; I believe we should think NPP first.
In every election the chances are equal 50:50. It can never be said Nana has 90% chance against an incumbent President the Maestro JM and more so in Africa.
Nana ...
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It is my candid view; I believe we should think NPP first.
In every election the chances are equal 50:50. It can never be said Nana has 90% chance against an incumbent President the Maestro JM and more so in Africa.
Nana could win the presidency if elected as the NPP flag bearer and so is Alan. Nana’s chances are slightly brighter but as I said they all have the same equal chances.
If NPP goes ahead to present Nana and he lose what it means is that NPP would be presenting a fresh candidate in 2020. NDC strategically as they are would have had a vice president marketed and be ready to assume the seat. His chances would be brighter than any fresh candidate NPP would pitch against.
However if Alan is elected and presented against the sitting president of which the chances are still 50:50, even if he loses he would have been marketed for 2020. Our opponent will be presenting a new candidate (the NDC strategic VP) which would give Alan a brighter chance.
We risk being in opposition up to 2028 if care is not taking.
It’s tough to beat a sitting President in Africa. NPP needs to strategize. We must stop being Emotional.

Bechemniiba(Paris) 11 years ago

Please, tell ghanaians to pay their taxes not tithes before you come to power else they will not agree with you and will rather give you names but they have forgotten that Jesus and his disciples paid their taxes regularly a ...
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Please, tell ghanaians to pay their taxes not tithes before you come to power else they will not agree with you and will rather give you names but they have forgotten that Jesus and his disciples paid their taxes regularly as the Bible says but they never paid tithes.
How can the country And the Cedi be strong if citizens are not paying taxes.
Long Live , Nana Akuffo Addo.
Ugly Akufu Addo 11 years ago

Never in Ghana will Akufo Addo win election

Never in Ghana will Akufo Addo win election
Alex 11 years ago

I used to like the write ups of this guy and thought he was wise but i have known him now as a stupid fool. He must not be paid to do Alan's dirty job for him otherwise he will become an outcast soon after the presidential pr ...
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I used to like the write ups of this guy and thought he was wise but i have known him now as a stupid fool. He must not be paid to do Alan's dirty job for him otherwise he will become an outcast soon after the presidential primaries. This is because Nana Addo will win by landslide margin. Mark it on the wall.

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