There is a saying that everybody has a story to tell, and it is true as the former Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko disclosed that, though he did not come from a very well-to-do family, his parents had a prosperous start in life.
Talking for the first time about his family, Mr. Agyarko explained that though his mother was an elementary school teacher at Krobo Odumasi, his father, a cocoa farmer, had a very successful start in life. According to him, his father and his Greek business partner were the first to introduce the second-hand clothing business to Ghana.
He said this in an interview on Asempa FM hosted by Omanhene Kwabena Asante when he was asked about his time at the ministries "No, I didn’t leave the ministry bitter. Bitterness is not part of my life. But with all the things God has passed me through to reach this stage of my life, if I become bitter, I am ungrateful to God.
“No, from a rich home? My mother is from Krobo Odumasi. She was a teacher. She had five children with my father. My father started life well. He was the chief buyer for Lions Cocoa Company, based in Sefwi Bekwai. So he was in the cocoa industry.”
Mr. Agyarko continued, “When the Second World War started, he supplied food for the colonial army. Then he stopped and opened a store with his Greek business partner. There was a time when they sold Holland cloth and other items.
“Then they added second-hand clothing. They were the first to bring the second-hand clothing business to Ghana. My father's name is K. Agyarko and Sons," he explained.
Unfortunately for the Agyarko family, their comfortable lives ended when his father was forced into exile due to politics.
Politics forced my father into exile. He lost everything and was in exile for 7 years in Nigeria, Togo, and the Ivory Coast. He was 62 then.” The former Campaign manager and policy advisor, Boakye Agyarko, was the first to pick up the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential nomination forms for the party’s primaries.
He was vetted by the New Patriotic Party’s Vetting Committee on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, at the party's regional office.
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