Before assuming presidency, president Akufo-Addo pledged to transform Ghana’s fortunes within 18 months if elected to lead the country.
Akufo-Addo assured the public, stating,“I am promising you that within 18 months of a new government of the NPP, under my leadership, the face of our country, Ghana, is going to change. We are going to get out of stagnation and backwardness, and move our country onto the path of progress and prosperity. We can do it. We, the Ghanaian people, have the capacity to change the circumstances of our lives,” he noted.
He added “This ‘new Ghana will be a Ghana with opportunities for all, and where everybody is taken care off. We will have a society that is caring and compassionate and expresses solidarity. Nobody is going to be left behind. We are all going to march together, hands linked together, to that great future that beckons us, here in Ghana.”
Addressing tens of thousands of NPP supporters and sympathizers at the party’s Northern Regional Rally in Tamale on Tuesday, November 22, 2016, Akufo-Addo outlined his plans for rapid industrialization, including the ‘1-District-1-Factory’ and ‘1-Village-1-Dam’ policies.
He also pledged to diversify agriculture, implement Free SHS policy effectively, and establish an Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP), with each constituency receiving $1 million annually to address developmental challenges.
Akufo-Addo reassured Ghanaians that these policies, meticulously implemented, would enhance their standard of living.
He urged voters to support him in the December polls, promising to govern with respect for all citizens and a commitment to safeguarding the public purse for their benefit.