Kennedy Agyapong has the empathy and vision Ghana needs– Charles Bissue

Former Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Committee Against Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Charles Bissue, has thrown his support behind New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful and businessman, Kennedy Agyapong, describing him as the kind of pragmatic and empathetic leader Ghana needs for real transformation.

Speaking on Citi FM’s Eyewitness News on Thursday, September 11, Mr. Bissue praised Kennedy Agyapong’s private-sector experience and grassroots appeal, arguing that he is well-positioned to steer Ghana away from dependency on external institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.

“I have confidence in Kennedy Agyapong because for him, empathy [and] compassion… you know, hitherto we look at politics from the point where we come up with a lot of theories and then in the end we say IMF or World Bank, when I think that we should have factored all those in,” he stated.

He also lamented Ghana’s continued reliance on imports despite its abundance of natural resources, pointing out the urgent need to shift toward industrialisation and value addition.

“I believe that Ghana, with the natural resources that we have, I think that we should be an exporting country [of] finished goods, but we are actually importing a lot,” he said.

“So I think having an entrepreneur as our leader, I think it will actually transform Ghana.”

Mr. Bissue further stated that Kennedy Agyapong’s direct connection with ordinary Ghanaians sets him apart from traditional politicians.

“Looking at the qualities of Kennedy, most Ghanaians are saying that ‘bring Kennedy, we will vote for him,’” he said.