NPP Presidential Candidate Hopeful, Joe Ghartey, has revealed that one of the sectors that can be transformed into a cash cow for the country is Education.

According to the Member of Parliament for Essikado-Ketan, like several underutilized sectors, education can turn the fortunes of the economy around.

Speaking at the launch of his Hope and Unity Tour in Sekondi – Takoradi, the former Attorney-General during erstwhile President Kuffour administration noted that with careful and deliberate interventions in several sectors of the economy including the education sector, Ghana can in the short to medium term, turn its fortunes around.

Buttressing his claim, he revealed that the United Kingdom alone generate about 28 billion pounds annually in revenue from international students.

To him, if Ghana could better position the education sector, it could attract at least 10% of this amount which is almost the same as the amount the country is seeking from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The foundation of the country’s education, according to Joe Ghartey, had already been laid adding that when he was in the University in the 1980s there were hardly any international students and only three Universities. Today he said Ghana has over sixty Universities which had considerable numbers of international students.

He therefore promised that when voted into power, his government would take the steps that would make our Universities internationally competitive to be able to attract more international students.

These steps include increased regulation, targeted scholarships for lectures and some financial interventions. Joe Ghartey has left the Western Region to the Western North Region as he continues the Nationwide Tour of Hope and Unity.