THE flag bearer of the Conventional People’s Party (CPP), Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom, has stated that if voted into power, his government would provide tax incentives to local industries that use local research to promote the local manufacturing industry.
This, he said, would help to boost production and consumption of local goods and services and create employment opportunities for the youth.
Speaking at the “Youth Encounter with Flag bearers” in Koforidua, Dr Nduom said “under my leadership, the CPP government will use state purchasing power to ensure that we eat what we grow and use what we produce in Ghana”.
The event, which planned as part of the celebration of the was United Nation’s World Youth Day, on the theme, “Youth and Climate Change: Take Action”, brought together students from educational institutions in the New Juaben Municipality.
The event, which was also used to officially launch the Youth Employment Forum (YEF), was organised by the African Youth Development Organisation (AYDO).
Dr Nduom said since the CPP believed in self-determination for Ghanaians, particularly the youth, his administration would improve the business climate to ensure greater investment in job creation, to attract the youth to stay in the country and contribute their quota to national development.
To this end, he promised to support local industries, farmers and fishermen with low interest loans, technical assistance, tax incentives and ensure their access to ready-market in the country.
“It is for this reason that I will challenge Apostle Safo, the Suame Industrial Centre and others to produce a limousine to be used by me as a President of the Republic of Ghana,” he emphasised.
On education, he stated that to ensure a continuous free and compulsory education for every Ghanaian youth, the CPP government would equip all public schools, from the kindergarten to the senior high school level with the necessary infrastructure and facilities.
This, he believed, would enable such schools to provide equal access to quality teaching and learning for all children and the youth to develop their potential to the fullest.
“The provision of quality teaching and learning for every Ghanaians child is the only means we can ensure the rapid socio-economic progress of our dear country from a third world to a first world,” Dr Nduom added.
Besides education, the CPP flag bearer also indicated the preparedness of his government to create a clean and safe environment to enable the youth to grow up to become healthy and productive to contribute to national development.
Sharing views on the sale of national assets, Dr Nduom, expressed disappointment at the rate at which various national assets were being sold to foreign establishments to the detriment of the people by both the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC), “saying while we the CPP government built, others only came to sell”.
Dr Nduom advised the youth to develop a positive attitude towards the environment as part of their contribution in reducing the effects of climate change, saying “what we negatively do today will always come back to us”.
He pledged to lead a national crusade to embark on massive tree-planting exercise across the country to save the environment from destruction.
With the discovery of commercial quantity of oil in the country, Dr Nduom pledged the commitment of a CPP administration to building a petro-chemical industry in the Western Region to create jobs for the youth, “instead of exporting raw crude oil and gas”.
For his part, the Public Relations Officer of the AYDO, Nii Kpakpo Sylvester, called on the youth to spearhead the fight against climate change by helping to raise people’s awareness of the effect of the phenomenon.
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