Bawumia Launches Manifesto Of ‘Bold Solutions And Possibilities’
The twin city of Second-Takoradi erupted into rapturous joy on Sunday, August 18, as the ruling New Patriotic Party led by their flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia launched the party’s manifesto for the 2024 elections in the locality.
Tens of thousands of enthusiastic party supporters besieged the city and with the support of his Running Mate, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, and in the presence of party stalwarts comprising President Nana Akufo-Addo, Dr. Bawumia officially launched his contractual pact with Ghanaians containing his vision policies for the transformation of Ghana.
In a passionate address to the gathering and the nation, Dr. Bawumia copiously described the manifesto as one of “hope with bold solutions”.
“Ghana needs bold solutions to deal with the current challenges we are facing and that is what I am offering in asking for the mandate of Ghanaians.”
“This Manifesto lays out our comprehensive plan to take Ghana to the next level of growth and prosperity, under a selfless leader with bold solutions for jobs and business”, Dr. Bawumia said.
Indeed, Dr. Bawumia’s manifesto is largely focused on creation of jobs and businesses.
He outlined bold programmes and incentives to strengthen businesses and the private sector at large.
He listed among other initiatives a new and friendly tax regime, considerable cuts on import duties and the abolition of unfriendly taxes to businesses including the controversial E-levy.
While he hopes these measures will expand the private sector and create more jobs, Dr. Bawumia reiterated his vision to train many Ghanaian youth in the area of IT aimed at turning them into digital experts.
He believed this is another way of providing job opportunities for the youth and targets at least 1 million of them.
“It offers the opportunity to create a new generation of entrepreneurs through my Business Support Initiatives. It strives to make Ghana a fully digitized nation in which you are able access public services with ease,” of the Manifesto..
“It incentivizes the private sector to expand and deliver good jobs. It promises to leverage private sector capital to fix the roads in your communities, the schools, water, etc.”
On governance and the econony, Dr. Bawumia showed a strong desire for economic transformation anchored on fiscal discipline.
To attain this, he announced his government won’t have more than 50 Ministers and also announced plans to amend the Fiscal Responsibility Act to ensure stricter compliance clauses.
In every sector, from agriculture, health, education to tourism, creative arts and Sports, Dr. Bawumia said his “bold solutions” will benefit all and sundry.
“My vision is to create a tent big enough to accommodate all our people, to tap into the resourcefulness and talents of our people irrespective of our different ethnic, political and religious backgrounds, to channel our energies into building the kind of country that assures a food self-sufficient, safe, prosperous, and dignified future for all Ghanaians, to create sustainable jobs with meaningful pay for all, and for Ghana to participate fully in the fourth industrial revolution using systems and data, “ he said.
Source: Ghmessenger.com
