Food and Agriculture Minister Bryan Acheampong has clarified that his recent comments during a campaign rally were not meant to provoke violence among the youth.

The Abetifi MP had previously remarked that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) would take all necessary measures to ensure victory in the December 7 elections, leading to concerns and warnings from various stakeholders.

In an interview with Citi News, Bryan Acheampong explained that his statement was intended to highlight the strategies and determination the NPP would use to secure success in the upcoming elections.

“Omane Boamah said they [the NDC] were going to fight for political power and get 57.3 percent.

What did the NPP say? Nothing, because we know that some of these thoughts are just for nothing.

“When the NDC said that we should go and carve our stool and sit on it and that they would never give us the presidential seat, what did we do? We know winning elections in this country, it is won at the polling station.

“Whatever they [the NDC] want to do to win the election is what they are doing and then for the NPP, whatever we have to do to win the election is what we will do because at the end of the day, the votes will be cast and they will be counted and the winner will be declared so how come when they say something, there is nothing wrong and then when I say that we will win the election, somebody says why would I say that we will win the election?”