The United Party’s (UP) Director of Communications, Solomon Owusu, has highlighted what he described as 10 strategic anchor industries an Alan Kyerematen government would have done if they were in power.
Owusu, commending the government for stabilising the economy, noted that if the United Party were in power, they would have done what the National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration has done to sustain the economy, but would have added an incentive to relieve the country from economic woes entirely.
Speaking on the BigIssue segment on the NewDay on TV3 Wednesday, May 6, 2026, Owusu indicated that aside from the ten areas of strategic industrialisation, a UP government would have also invested heavily in agricultural revolution.
According to him, “if Alan was the President, we would have stabilised the economy like they have done.”
He explained that an Alan Kyerematen administration would have concentrated on the 10 areas which he advised the current government to focus on.
“But beyond that, we would have concentrated on 10 strategic anchor industries. These are areas that we expect this administration to focus on; Garment and Textiles, Vehicles Assembling and Component Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Petrochemicals, Integrated Bauxite and Aluminium, Iron and Steel, Industrial Salt, Vegetable Oils and Fats and above all, engage in agricultural revolution,” he indicated.
Owusu expressed the need for agricultural revolution in the country, citing the recent announcement of ban on tamato importation to Ghana which he said became a serious issue in the country.
He explained that if the country was serious with agriculture, the announcement of the ban by Burkina Faso wouldn’t have been a problem, urging the Mahama administration to do same to curb the teeming unemployment in the country.
“Why must Burkina say it is banning tomato influx to Ghana and you cry? We expect this administration to focus on such areas so that we can rake in more revenue into the economy.
“And the same advice that I’m giving to this administration, that having stabilised this economy, if you want to satisfy the teeming youth with employment, you must focus on these areas that we have enumerated so that the economy will be expanded for the young ones to engage in meaningful employment,” he explained.
His comment comes on the back of the Minority’s criticism of the losses incurred by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) in 2025 to stabilise the economy. Former Finance Minister and MP for Salaga, Mohammed Amin Adam Antah, had on Saturday, May 2, 2026, petitioned the IMF, recommending that the Fund require a “transparent central bank recapitalisation plan” based on the existing agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Ghana.
The former Finance Minister said the plan should clearly define financing terms, repayment structure, and parliamentary approval processes.
The Karaga lawmaker also urged the IMF to include central bank recapitalisation in Ghana’s fiscal-risk analysis, arguing that “the Government’s medium-term fiscal framework should explicitly recognise the central bank’s negative equity as a contingent or direct fiscal obligation.”
Amin Antah’s letter to IMF over BoG’s losses ‘much ado about nothing’ – Solomon Owusu
