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At a rally known as THE SHOW DOWN WALK over the weekend, Kennedy Agyapong spoke to throngs of fans.
The address was to cap off a fitness tour of Accra during which he stirred up support for his candidacy.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate from Assin North, who is known for being direct, spoke his mind and, in the process, made some difficult admissions about the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo administration’s shortcomings.
Agyapong discussed his qualifications for the flagbearer position, which will be selected in a vote between himself and three other candidates on November 4.
His SHOW DOWN WALK speech was tracked by GhanaWeb, and five of his digs against the administration were identified. They are shown below:
NPP did not win the 2024 election.
In his speech, Agyapong asserted that the NPP lost the election for 2024 in 2022 due to the depreciation of the cedi and the effects of the Domestic Debt Exchange scheme, which destroyed middle-class and elderly savings.
“We lost the 2024 elections in 2022. At the time the Ghana cedi destroyed the hard work of many businessmen, all the way to the tomato seller. Ghanaians will never forget that.
“The time the middle class went to court because their monies were lost, and the time the pensioners had their monies gone, Ghanaians will remember that,” he stated.
Police slots are offered for sale to partygoers
“You are a delegate; they have requested that we remain silent, but I will talk because if your child is going to hunt for a job, you might be required to bring 10,000 cedis before your child is hired by the police… “These same people are coming to you seeking your votes, so that your children remain jobless,” Agyapong jabbed without addressing the specific persons he was referring to as “they.”
He continued by praising his own track record of creating jobs, emphasizing how well he distinguished out from the other NPP flagbearer candidates.
Ghana needs decisive leaders, not only talkers and thinkers.
“If Ghana will prosper, it needs pragmatic leaders not theorists who bombard you with big English repeatedly even when you are poor.
“We need a local language speaking leader who will speak in clear terms and also work to ensure you have money in your pocket,” Agyapong said stressing that as a businessman and politician he had the perfect leadership traits and balance to turn Ghana around.
Resource mismanagement brought us to the IMF
“God has blessed us with so much that if we took proper care of them, there would be no need to go to the foreigners for help,” he stated. This is a covert barb at the government’s ongoing program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which has already delivered the first installment of a US$3 billion bailout, or US$600 million.
Increasing youth unemployment
“Ghanaians are ready to give Kennedy Agyapong a chance, the onus is now on New Patriotic Party (NPP) members to elect Ken Agyapong to rescue Ghana for young people to get jobs.
“A country with a youth who have a bleak future is no country,” he stated in a speech that was punctuated with his jobs record and how he would tackle unemployment.
Source:Radiooneghana.com
