Dr Bryan Acheampong, the presidential hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has said he fears no candidate in the party’s flagbearer race.
According to Bryan Acheampong, he is not afraid of the so-called establishment, as the establishment is the entire party architecture, the delegates, and the workers of the party.
Speaking to the media on Wednesday, October 15, Dr Acheampong stated, “I have no fears at all about any so-called establishment. And there’s really no establishment in this. It is the establishment that is going to vote – the entire party architecture, the delegates, and the workers of the party.”
He noted, “National executives themselves are 17 out of 250,000. Constituency executives, who are about 5,000 people, are only a small part of the whole. One person may have most of them, but that does not determine the final outcome.”
“I’ve been around this party for a long time. I know the influence of these people on the delegates. I’m hoping it’s going to be free and fair”.
“I’m running a solid campaign, and I know that nothing – except the delegates – can influence their way”, he added.
He further added that job creation will be a key focus of his campaign and future government if elected.
According to Dr Acheampong, his private sector experience gives him the foundation to deliver meaningful employment opportunities for young people.
Dr Acheampong added, “I assured party people that the key areas I would focus on, should we win power, would be jobs,” he said. “It allows them to look at what I have done for myself in the private sector, and I will be able to leverage that with government policy to create more jobs, meaningful jobs for young people.”
“What I have done in my personal life will also inspire a lot of young people, which will bring them to vote for us in 2028,” he said.
He further promised, “Our future government will focus on infrastructure, health, education, and roads everywhere that we go. The Eastern Region, when I started, we were just talking about roads.”
Meanwhile, in other news, Dr Bryan Acheampong has called on the John Mahama government to enforce a 90-day mandatory ban on all mining activities in the country to help restore our water bodies.
He stressed that it’s difficult to fix a problem while it’s ongoing, and therefore, a pause on galamsey is necessary to facilitate discussions on how mining can be done more sustainably.
Speaking at his campaign office on Wednesday, October 15, Dr Acheampong stated, “… Let’s clear our water bodies, let’s engage in how we go back to mining. We cannot stop or repair the track of a moving train as fast as it is speeding. We need to agree, and I’m not talking about a state of emergency, that mining, regardless of where, should stop now for the next 90 days,” he said.
“Let’s regroup, rethink and see how we can launch back into responsible mining. If our food systems are being poisoned and we just look on, and we prefer to make money, the people will not be around in a very short time to try and address the situation,” he warned.