Ghanaian politician and businessman Honorable Kennedy Agyapong reveals on Citi tv secrets on how he became wealthy
According to the lawmaker, he started making money after US President Ronald Reagan introduced the amnesty program
In 1999, Reagan (US President Ronald Reagan) had introduced the amnesty programme. So I was fortunate to work with a lawyer called Kwadwo Afram Asiedu… He recruited me and I started working with him
he said
He added that his boss and himself were involved in securing visas/documents for Ghanaians and people in the US through the Reagan amnesty programme revealing how much they charge per application
Reagan’s amnesty time, I made a lot of money. We were charging $2500. We processed about 2,500 applications
he said
Now with the level of experience the honorable had with the amnesty program
He decided to introduce the Visa lottery program in Ghana which he also made a lot of money from that business
I was charging $5000 for each application I was processing for Ghanaians in 1995.” The legislator noted that he made his first million dollars in 1996, September 30. “I checked my account after the US lottery programme was closed in 1996. At age 36 in my account at ADB Bank, Cedi House was $1 million-plus dollars
he said
He further said he prefers to be a businessman than to be a politician because in African politicians are not regarded or respected
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