Corruption
The NPP comes hard on corruption. The party says it has a leader who is not corrupt, has never been corrupt and will never be corrupt.
The NPP says it will set up an Office of a Special Prosecutor(OSP) who will investigate and prosecute all corrupt acts and actors under the NPP administration.
The OSP will be independent of the Executive and will be given all the necessary logistics to work.The party is also promising to end the practice of sole sourcing which breeds corruption.
The NPP is promising to fast track the passage of the Right to Information Bill as well as Anti-Corruption Laws in the country.
The NPP says it will equip the Commission on Human Rights and Administration Justice (CHRAJ) EOCO and other anti-graft agencies to act effectively.
Agriculture
The NPP wants to mechanize agriculture and make it attractive and productive. The NPP says its agenda for economy transformation will be driven by agriculture which will be the backbone for the accelerated development.
The manifesto pledges to adapt the Ivorian style of agric revolution especially in the cocoa sector. The party is hoping to contract seventy percent of all roads in cocoa areas before its first term ends.
The party says it will re-introduce the mass cocoa spraying exercise started by the Kufour administration.
Ghana’s biggest opposition party, the NPP will in September launch its manifesto for the December polls. The manifesto is expected to guide the party on its development agenda if it wins power after the polls.
A few ideas on how the NPP intends to run this country has been made public by its Presidential Candidate, Nana Akufo Addo and his Running Mate Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia.
The 218 document cited by Pulse.com.gh gives details on how the party will govern Ghana and make this better for the country.
Economy
The document dwells much on how the NPP intends to transform the Ghanaian economy. The NPP intends to cut down the number of taxes in the country including taxes of raw material importation.
The party also intends to cut down on interest rate charges at the banks and reduce corporate taxes for businesses as well as the removal of taxes on solar panel importation, VAT on financial services as well as importation of raw materials.
The party is promising to be the most friendly business government with the right climate to do business.The NPP says it will go ahead and set up the Northern Development Fund which will accelerate development of the three Regions of the North.
The party also says it will setup the Zongo Development Fund that will accelerate the development of Zongo Communities in the country.
Industrialization.
The flagship programme in the NPP’s manifesto for industrialization is its “1 district 1 Factory Policy”. Already the party says it has identified over 300 projects across the country that will feed into the policy.
The manifesto gives an example of how it intends to use the husk of cocoa to produce soap. It also speaks about how the peel of plantain will be used for soap also.
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