Former Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Committee against Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Charles Bissue, has thrown his weight behind Kennedy Agyapong’s NPP flagbearer bid, praising him as an empathetic and results-driven leader capable of transforming Ghana.
Speaking on Citi FM’s Eyewitness News on Thursday, September 11, Bissue highlighted Agyapong’s entrepreneurial background and strong grassroots appeal as qualities that set him apart. “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 said.
He criticised Ghana’s heavy dependence on imports despite its abundant natural resources, calling for a shift to value addition and industrialisation. “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 lamented.
Bissue argued that having an entrepreneur like Agyapong at the helm would spark real transformation. “So I think having an entrepreneur as our leader, I think it will actually transform Ghana,” he added.
He further stressed that Agyapong’s private sector experience and connection with ordinary citizens resonate strongly with public sentiment. “Looking at the qualities of Kennedy, most Ghanaians are saying that ‘bring Kennedy, we will vote for him,’” Bissue noted.
