The former Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, has stated that Ghana must look up to United Kingdom, United States of America and France by selecting a leader with the potential to rub shoulders with developed countries.
According to him, countries such as the US and the UK have young and dynamic leaders as their presidents who have spearheaded development in their countries, indicating that Ghana will be able to chalk similar successes if a vibrant leader was elected as president.
Mr Kyerematen said this last Thursday during an informal interaction with the Central Regional press corps at the Elmina Beach Hotel.
He observed that most developing and developed countries are electing leaders who are appealing to the youth and called for Ghanaians not to make any mistake but to take a cue from emulate these countries to elect a leader who will help grow the Ghanaian economy.
Mr Kyerematen who is one of the main contenders in the impending New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearership race noted that the major challenge facing the nation was to find a leader who will be able to invest in education, the economy and health for the general well-being of the populace.
He described himself as affable, dynamic, young, humble, hard working, dedicated, patriotic, entrepreneur, God fearing and possesses all the qualities needed for a developing country like Ghana to prosecute her development agenda.
Mr Kyerematen noted that the world is changing and Ghana needs to change to rub shoulders with influential and advanced countries.
The flag bearer hopeful said he would meet the aspirations and hope of the populace if elected flag bearer and eventually president of the nation and would take Ghana to what he described as the ‘Promised Land’ within five years.
He, however, indicated that he would sacrifice again for the party by graciously conceding defeat when the need arises to enable the party bounce back to power in the 2012 general election.
He promised to set up a Ghana media foundation to help journalists improve on their analytical skills and content analysis for effective governance if he gets the nod.
According to him, journalism institutions in the country have not lived up to expectation in training journalists on content analysis hence the need for him to set up the foundation to fill in the gap.
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