The
leader
of
the
Liberal
Party
of
Ghana(LPG)
Kofi
Akpaloo
is
of
huge
belief
that
he
will
emerge
as
the
President
of
Ghana
after
the
December
7
polls.
According
to
him,
God
has
shown
him
that
he
will
be
Ghana’s
next
president,
rendering
the
efforts
of
the
other
major
contenders,
Dr
Mahamudu
Bawumia
of
the
New
Patriotic
Party
(NPP)
and
John
Dramani
Mahama
of
the
National
Democratic
Congress
(NDC),
ineffective.
“Both
Bawumia
and
Mahama
are
wasting
their
time,”
Akpaloo
confidently
stated.
“God
has
revealed
to
me
that
I
will
win
the
2024
elections,
and
it’s
my
time
to
lead
this
nation.”
Akpaloo
reflected
on
his
own
journey,
sharing
insights
about
his
poor
beginnings.
He
described
how,
due
to
financial
difficulties,
he
was
forced
to
drop
out
of
senior
high
school
in
his
third
year.
At
19,
he
started
working
as
a
barber
in
Kantamanto,
one
of
Accra’s
largest
marketplaces,
to
help
support
himself
and
his
family.
Despite
these
difficulties,
Akpaloo
refused
to
give
up
on
his
aspirations.
He
later
returned
to
education,
where
he
studied
chartered
accounting.
In
the
interview,
Akpaloo
also
discussed
his
travels
abroad,
where
he
witnessed
Western
countries’
industrialization
and
digitization
efforts.
This,
he
claimed,
provided
him
a
better
understanding
of
why
Africa,
particularly
Ghana,
lags
behind
in
development.
His
international
education
and
exposure
to
global
breakthroughs
motivated
his
commitment
to
economic
progress
and
poverty
eradication
in
Ghana.
“I
have
seen
what
makes
other
nations
succeed,
and
I
want
to
bring
that
same
level
of
progress
here,”
Akpaloo
remarked.
“My
mission
is
to
lift
every
Ghanaian
out
of
poverty.”