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Mouthasos, were the first to introduce second-hand clothing business to Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, I didn\u2019t leave the ministry as a bitter person\u2026Bitterness is not part of my life. But with all the things God has passed me through to this stage of my life if I become bitter, then I am ungrateful to God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, from a rich home? My mother is from Krobo Odumasi. She was a teacher. She had 5 children with my father\u2026My father started life well. He was the chief buyer for lions cocoa company based in Sefwi Bekwai. So he was in the cocoa industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He disclosed this in an interview with Omanhene Kwabena Asante on Asempa FM, monitored by GhanaWeb.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Agyarko added that, when the second world war started, it was his father, K. Agyarko and Sons, who supplied food to the colonial army.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the Second World War started, he was supplying food to the colonial army. Then he stopped and opened a store with his Greek business partner. They used to sell Holland cloth and others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen they added second-hand clothing. They were the first to bring second-hand clothing business to Ghana. My father, K Agyarko and Sons,\u201d he disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for the Agyarko family, their good living had to come to an end when his father went into exile due to politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause of politics, my father had to go into exile. He lost everything and was in exile for 7 years in Nigeria, Togo and Ivory Coast. He was 62 then.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s primaries.<\/p>\n<p>He was vetted by the New Patriotic Party\u2019s Vetting Committee on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, at the party regional office.<\/p>\n<p>ghanaweb.com <\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 7, 2023, former Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko said his father was the first person to introduce the second-hand clothing business to Ghana. He said that, inasmuch as he did not come from a very affluent family, his parents had a good start in life. 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