You’ll Be My ‘Number 1’ Priority When I Am President – Bawumia Assures Ghana’s Youth | Politics

The Vice President and presidential candidate of the NPP, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says The youth of Ghana are his priority as he seeks to serve the nation as President.

At a special youth focused event in Accra Sunday evening which was simultaneously beamed live to a youth audience in all 16 Regions, Dr. Bawumia said he decided to organize the special event to outline his vision for the youth.

“I have chosen this occasion to have a conversation with you, the young people of Ghana, mainly to remind you of the commitment I made to you exactly a year ago to make you my number one priority”, Dr. Bawumia said.

The commitment, Dr. Bawumia stressed, is to build on the positive outlook of the economy, continue with a number of impactful youth initiatives by the government in areas like education as well as implement his own vision as President which focuses on creating an enabling environment for jobs for the youth.

“My commitment is to transform Ghana to build on the economic recovery we are witnessing by introducing bold business-friendly policy initiatives from January 2025 which are designed to stimulate significant economic activity.”

“I am confident that these initiatives will create the large pool of diverse jobs that the young people of Ghana desire and deserve”, Dr. Bawumia assured.

Dr. Bawumia expressed optimism about a brighter future for the youth under his Presidency saying “just to give you a little indication about my faith in what is possible for us to achieve together beginning January 2025, the growth of the Ghanaian economy has been revised upwards to 4% for 2024 and higher in 2025”.

“To put it into perspective, the economy grew by a mere 3.4% in 2016, the last year under former President John Mahama. In fact, for 2025, S&P is more buoyant with their forecast at 5.4%. I am even more optimistic that it is possible to do even more if with your vote, you elect me as your next President and we implement my comprehensive business-friendly and job creation programmes as outlined in the NPP Manifesto.”

As a matter of priority and to realize his vision for the youth, Dr. Bawumia stressed his focus will be on education, skills development and creating a much more conducive economic environment for jobs based on his business-friendly policies including his new tax regime for businesses.