Former Minister Food and Agriculture who is also a flagbearer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has said he is optimistic of winning the internal elections of the party to become the flagbearer.
He stated that most of the delegates of the NPP are farmers who benefited from some of the policies he implemented when in office including the Planting for Food and Jobs ( PFJ).
To that end he said, the delegates will vote for him.
Asked how his campaign is doing while speaking to TV3 on Sunday after campaigning for votes for the NPP parliamentary candidate in Kumawu ahead of the by-election, he said “[My] campaign is going extremely well, we are very confident victory will be ours . We know the delegates, the limited number of people who are voting, we are focusing on them and selling our message to them about the state of the party, the plans we have for the party, the changes we want to bring about in the party, the reforms we want to bring about, the message goes down extremely well.”
He added “Fortunately for me, the majority of the delegates are farmers and they have benefited from the policies of the Planting for Food and Jobs so we are very confident.”
When asked to rate himself regarding the implementation of the Planting for Food and Jobs he said “I cannot rate myself, a teacher cannot rate himself.”
The Kumawu by-election will be taking place on Tuesday, May 23.
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