Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, a flagbearer candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), declared that if elected president of Ghana, he would form an agriculture management committee.
He clarified that the duty of making sure sufficient financial resources are allotted to agriculture will fall to the agriculture management team.
The former minister of food and agriculture emphasized the significance of agriculture and its capacity to change the nation in an interview with TV3’s Kemmini Amanor.
“We should make sure that we at least meet the AU aim of giving agriculture 10% of our budget in order to give it special attention.
“In order to accomplish that, I will form an agricultural management team, which the Vice President will lead. The Vice President will oversee the team in order to guarantee that the funding necessary for the agricultural transformation will be allocated.” Ghana will then be able to benefit from this.
On Saturday, November 4, the NPP will run for flagbearer.
The rules for the 276 seats around the nation as well as the Party Headquarters in Asylum Down, Accra, have been provided by the Presidential Elections Committee.
The committee said in a statement that the guidelines delineated the protocols and regulations for the primary elections that would choose a presidential candidate for the general election in 2024.
The entire burden of guaranteeing an open, free, and fair election rests on the Electoral Commission (EC), which will oversee election operations. Nobody is allowed to act in a way that violates the EC and these principles, not even party officials.
The Committee further stated that “only delegates, members of the Presidential Elections Committee, contestants, and their authorized agents are permitted access beyond security perimeters. The police are solely responsible for security matters.”
“The National Council has given the Presidential Elections Committee of the Party the constitutional mandate to supervise the planning and execution of the presidential candidate election.”
Source | Ghana360news.com
