Former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo never misses a chance to remind Ghanaians of his “great achievements.”
At Bantama last week, he proudly declared that the NPP’s record under John Agyekum Kufuor and — of course — his own “stellar” leadership will form the foundation for victory in 2028. How inspiring.
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After all, who wouldn’t want four more years of the very policies that left us scrambling for IMF bailouts, battling unprecedented inflation, and begging for foreign exchange like it was a rare mineral?
One has to admire Akufo-Addo’s confidence. It takes a special kind of political genius to preside over galamsey devastation, collapsing banks, ballooning debt, and youth unemployment — and then turn around to call it a legacy worth celebrating.
Ghanaians, in his eyes, must be suffering from selective amnesia, only remembering the free SHS headline and forgetting the chaos in classrooms and the empty public purse funding it.
He calls Mahama’s government “abysmal.” Perhaps. But Akufo-Addo’s administration deserves a more poetic description — a Shakespearean tragedy, maybe?
Except in this case, the tragedy wasn’t confined to the stage; it was lived daily by millions of citizens who watched their currency plummet faster than their hopes.
Still, Akufo-Addo insists “with God’s help” the NPP will return in 2028. God may forgive, but Ghanaians might not be so generous. Because for all the lofty promises and flowery speeches, his tenure left behind a bitter taste — a cautionary tale in political overconfidence dressed up as statesmanship.
If this is the record to run on, then the NPP might as well campaign with a new slogan: “We broke it, so let us fix it again!”