A senior lecturer at the Department of History and Political Studies at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr Kwasi Amakye-Boateng, has described former Member of Parliament for Assin Central and 2024 presidential hopeful, , as an "achiever" whose unmatched record in job creation sets him apart from all presidential aspirants in the Fourth Republic.
Speaking in an interview with Nana Kwame Adjei Bohyen on Angel FM Kumasi (96.1), Dr Amakye-Boateng noted that since the era of Jerry John Rawlings, no single candidate from either the National Democratic Congress (NDC) or the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has contributed to employment creation on the scale achieved by Agyapong. "When you assess all presidential aspirants from the NDC and NPP since the Rawlings era, none comes close to in terms of job creation," he asserted.
What is even more remarkable is that Ken is not the richest among them, yet he has consistently chosen to invest in Ghana.
His ability to absorb large numbers of the youth through employment is mind-boggling and there for all to see," he said.