In talking about corruption, let us be clear: corruption in Ghana is a chronic disease. It is a systemic moral cancer at every level of government. A government of corruption cannot serve its people. What can we do to cure the disease of government corruption? Let us begin by making the punishment for those convicted of corruption excruciatingly painful. I will work towards passing laws that will make a conviction for public corruption punishable by extended jail terms, forfeiture of all assets, and even death. A nation that is being killed by corruption must reciprocate by executing the perpetrators.
Those who say it is extreme should talk to the mother whose child died from fake medicine approved by a corrupt official. Ask the family buried under collapsed buildings—because someone took a bribe to approve substandard materials—if the death penalty is justified. It is not an extreme punishment to the small business owner who gave up on their dream because every license required a bribe they could not afford.
Corruption does not just steal money, corruption murders hope. Corruption kills dreams. Corruption buries futures. Corruption kills road projects when corrupt officials steal from the contracts. Your brother’s blood becomes the asphalt of unsafe roads. Hospital equipment is antiquated and poorly maintained due to government corruption; your sister’s life is thrown away by the late diagnosis of a curable disease.
When a corrupt official steals, they do not just steal cedis; they take our children’s education, our parents’ healthcare, and our future. We must kill corruption before it kills us. The choice is simple: seek a complete forfeiture of all assets for those convicted of corruption. Jail terms and execution must be options if we are to end corruption. I will prioritize new laws and punishments for corruption. As a nation, we must kill corruption because corruption is killing us.
Ghanaians know the Constitution needs changes that serve the people, not government officials. We have learned to be comfortable in our suffering. We can no longer imagine a radical transformation. The Constitution of Ghana needs a complete overhaul—not amendments, not reforms, but a total constitutional reset.
Ghana needs a new Constitution that makes it impossible for any political party to hold this nation hostage. Ghana needs real change, not cosmetic fixes. Neither the NDC, the NPP, nor any other party will voluntarily give the people a constitution that serves all Ghanaians. Separately and together, these parties protect their own power. They legalize and embed corruption and their ability to plunder into the laws they make, including changes to the Constitution.
The choice is real. Option one is to continue the charade of democracy while the future of all Ghanaians is auctioned off to the highest bidder. Option two is the hard decision that will hurt now but save generations of Ghanaians. If we do not force a change in the Constitution, our grandchildren will remember us as too cowardly to act when it was necessary to save Ghana.
Presidents Mahama and Nana Addo both proved that a bloated government exists only to reward party loyalists while the nation bleeds money. Ghana is a country that can work when politicians do not add a layer of corruption for personal gain. I will immediately move to slash the size of government by 73%. A government without bureaucratic parasites sucking the life out of every initiative will unleash Ghanaian creativity and industry, allowing it to flourish.
Government should provide critical infrastructure and then get out of the way. Ghanaians are creative, industrious, and capable. I will enshrine a complete separation in the new constitution: MPs legislate, and the executive governs. MPs will not be allowed to double as government appointees. The goal is to completely end conflicts of interest. Parliament will not be allowed to function as a pension scheme for party cronies. Lean, efficient, accountable government, or continued bankruptcy and dependency—the choice is clear.
The agricultural production of Ghana has been stymied by the corruption of its central government. The politicians and their cronies profit more from a weak, hungry, and dependent Ghana than from a strong, food-secure nation. Temporarily, it is more profitable to import than to empower local agricultural production. There is more money in graft and corruption than in a long-term plan to invest in making Ghana an agricultural hub.
It should make your blood boil that not only are current food prices higher because of importation, but galamsey—illegal mining—will destroy Ghana’s agricultural potential within twenty years. The water is already poisoned. Cancer rates are high and climbing. Your children are already drinking “death water,” laced with the runoff of the corruption from galamsey. This is not just a result of incompetent leadership; it is systemic, deliberate corruption at the highest levels.
Government officials, from the Presidential dining room to the halls of Parliament, have enabled their cronies to mine our future into poison dust. This government and previous administrations clipped the wings of security services and created a force driven by bribes and corruption. It is not that we cannot fight galamsey; it is that stopping it would cost the party too much. Not the people’s party, but their party of corruption.
The party of the powerful will hoard the gold profits and bribes. The party of corruption will live abroad, eat imported food, and collect ex-gratia and Article 71 entitlements. Left behind in Ghana, we and our children, parents, and grandparents will drink cancer causing water and eat imported rice that costs double what we could grow ourselves.
Ghana can feed the world. It needs someone willing to cripple the party politicians, break the galamsey cartels, and put our survival above their profit.
Wake up. You are dying slowly, and your silence is your children’s death sentence. It may not dawn on us today, but there will not be a country worth living in for our children tomorrow.
Why does Ghana never progress beyond four-year cycles of promise and disappointment? It is because we allow political parties to campaign on their agendas instead of our national destiny.
I cannot institute a mandatory national development plan without constitutional change. This is why constitutional overhaul is my highest priority. The NDC and NPP are too powerful and too entrenched; we, the people, are constrained from stopping them from doing whatever enriches their wealth.
Let us imagine this together, a Ghana where no political party can campaign on anything except executing a unified, long-term national development plan. A Ghana where parties compete on competence, not promises—where our votes choose leaders, not messiahs. No nation has ever developed without a firm, sustained national development strategy.
A weapon my administration will deploy is strict campaign finance limits enshrined in the Constitution. We will mandate equal airtime on national media for all parties with public published audited party accounts that every Ghanaian can inspect. Any party that exceeds spending limits? Automatic disqualification. Any party hiding donor names? Out. Forever.
Because the people funding political parties today own politicians tomorrow, and we pay the price. I will lead an administration that will serve the people, or we will not serve at all. The era of shady sponsors buying our destiny ends now.
We the People of Ghana…
Somewhere along the line, we stopped acting as one nation. We allowed division, partisanship, and self-interest to replace unity, service, and purpose. Differences that once strengthened us became tools for separation. Cooperation and compromise were abandoned, and our country has paid the price.
I have no illusions about the road ahead. It will be difficult. It will demand sacrifice, integrity, and courage. So be it. I believe Ghana can do better. I am committed to doing my part—with honesty, accountability, and unwavering dedication to the people.
From humble beginnings—moving from place to place and watching my mother struggle, to losing my father at an early age—I know the challenges of growing up and taking responsibility before my time. Responsibility was thrust upon me in my youth, and I embraced it.
For over twenty years, I have helped individuals and organizations navigate turbulent times as a business consultant. With my loving, supportive, and ever-patient wife by my side, I have had the honor of being actively involved in numerous community service organizations over the years.
In the wake of Haiti’s devastating 2010 earthquake, I founded the Haiti Recovery and Development Company. Through initiatives such as establishing a Haitian National Memorial and Peace Park to honor the fallen, and by working closely with government leaders, vulnerable communities, and key institutions, I achieved historic results that improved lives. These efforts drew upon my private-sector experience, coalition-building capabilities, and commitment to service.
These same skills—leadership, integrity, and results-driven collaboration—will serve our families and our nation well FOR GHANA.
Some people are born for political theater. I do not count myself among them. Service for others has always been at my core. It is a deep and burning need, born from empathy. To look around and see so many of our people struggle while those in leadership live a life disconnected from the average citizen is infuriating. Time and time again we have seen public funds misspent, misappropriated, and even stolen both here and abroad. These egregious offenses, combined with disgusting and hateful rhetoric by political leadership, have pushed me into action. I have decided to stop complaining and to do something about it. This is why I am running FOR GHANA. Join me. It would be my honor to serve and represent our families, our people, and our nation. Together we will do better.
