The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has taken advantage of the ongoing Volta Trade and Investment Fair to educate patrons and exhibitors on the Party’s 24-hour Economy Policy proposal.
The Fair underway at the Ho Jubilee Park is on the theme: ‘Leveraging the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) for Economic Development.’
Mr Elikem Kotoko, Deputy National Organizer of the Party, speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) disclosed that the ‘NDC felt the need to cash in on every available opportunity to reach out to Ghanaians and explain in detail our policies’.
He said former President John Dramani Mahama’s 24-hour Economy Policy proposed as one of his policies, when elected to power in December 2024, had made news over the past few days.
Mr Kotoko said since the Party was in support of the ongoing Fair, they saw it as an opportunity to also engage with the people and explain to them what the policies sought to do.
‘We have therefore printed some leaflets which explain frequently asked questions
and answers to be given out to people who will come to the stand.’
Mr Kotoko said beyond the Fair, the Party had plans to continue to engage the citizenry about policies of the Party using media platforms and any other opportunities that would present itself and seized them to explain all other policies by the Flagbearer.
He said one of the policies included the licensure examination, which Mr Mahama felt could not be a stand-alone policy by the government.
Mr Kotoko said the Fair was a brilliant programme and anything that sought to advance development must be welcomed by all.
He said governance was for the people, hence any programme aimed at developing the people meant it would expand the economy and government itself would be a beneficiary.
Mr Kotoko said the personalities across the continent gracing the Fair meant that it proposed a lot of business opportunities for the country, opening the frontiers to business and the economy to the benefit of all.
He commended the Party’s Regional Executives, T
ertiary Education Institutions Network (TEIN) and the youth who would assist to share the leaflets to patrons.
Source: Ghana News Agency