Every government comes to power with some goodwill, like a time jar, when it is turned upside down, it losses it easily.
Since the onset of this democratic experiment in 1992, no government have had goodwill than the present Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s government.
One does not need to commission a research into the mounting goodwill the New Patriotic Party had, the result of the 2016 general election is all one needs to look at.
We have had three transitions in this country, by this I mean transferring power from one political party to another.
In the 2000 election, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), handed over power to the NPP, in 2008, the NPP lost and handed over to the NDC and in 2016, the NDC were booted out for the NPP.
In all the instances, the election, went for second round, except 2016, when the NPP won by almost one million votes.
It was a landslide victory never recorded in the political annals of this country. To whom much is given, much is expected, Ghanaians, gave too much to Nana Akufo-Addo and so expected more from him.
He in turn made a lot of promises, thinking he was going to be in power forever. His integrity of incorruptibility earned him the trust of Ghanaians, but twenty months into his administration and the scorecard is very bad.
By the passing of each day, President Akufo-Addo’s integrity− his only known Unique Selling Point (USP) before the 2016 election, faces daunting test −at best the President is facing an integrity test.
This is arguably not the best of times for one to be a member of the NPP and government. It is an unenviable task for anyone to attempt to market the product, ‘Akufo-Addo, putting integrity forward as his USP at this point in time.
President Akufo-Addo, will go down in history of Ghana as one leader whose ascendance to the throne was facilitated, not by his sterling educational qualifications or intelligence− integrity and can do spirit, coupled with his promotion of rule of rule of law, was the factors that won the hearts and minds of Ghanaians pre-2008, 2012 and 2016 elections.
For being a man who fought for the restoration of democracy and as the Attorney General and Minister of Justice led for the repeal of the criminal libel law and of unblemished past, not a few Ghanaians expected him to falter in upholding these key tenets.
How can a man who contested three times for the presidency, be running the ground aground, beats my imagination. If there was ever anyone in this country, who was prepared for the presidency than Nana Addo, then the person is yet to show his face.
He contested former president John Agyekum Kufuor, for the flagbearership of the New Patriotic Party in the lead up to the 2000 general elections.
After the victory of the party in that election, he served first as Attorney General and Minister of Justice and later as Foreign Affairs Minister.
When the party opened nominations for the 2008 presidential election, he puts himself up together with 16 others and won.
He led the party into that election and lost to former president, John Evans Atta Mills. He did not give up, he tried again in 2012, after the demise of Prof. Mills, against ex-president John Dramani Mahama, and he lost yet again.
He became a recurring decimal in our political life; he so much wanted to rule Ghana that he vied for the presidency one more time in 2016.
Fast forward to 2018− nineteen years (1997-2016) after fate presented him the opportunity he had sought previously without success, is president Akufo-Addo, living up to expectation?
The man who came to power on the wave of change is stuck in his own reality. He has failed to inspire Ghanaians and bring real change, as he did in the run up to the 2016 general elections.
Cases of corruption have overwhelmed this administration; Ghanaians do not even know where to begin.
If elections are held today, what will be the message of the man, who made Ghanaians believe that, he had the magic wand to turn their sorrows into joy.
There is a thin line between love and hate. The Nana Addo, of yesterday is not the Nana Addo of today.
When Ghanaians, decide on you, nothing, absolutely nothing can make them change their mind.
Source: The Herald
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has NDC genuinely won elections in Ghana before? And is jdm the only sensible person in the ndc?
I don't believe all the people making the noises about free SHS have their wards in school. Because if they do, I don't believe they will be making all those noises about free SHS. I had my ward in school this September and have so far spent over 3,000 ghs. As at yesterday, I have been asked to buy textbooks and exercise books. she is in the First Track so I also have to prepare (look for some money) for her coming home in November so that she can have extra tuition at home. Because if I don't, and depend on this current system, she might not be the woman I wish her to become in the near future. If you add up all these challenges and the fact that the current crop of children are indeed going to be the further leaders of their time, then we will not be happy for using them as 'guinea pigs' in an experiment that has given all indications that it will fail.
Old man has a vision of leading Ghana to the grave and time will expose all his evil strategies . Ghana will be woseoff under the oldmanand the BIG STOMACH and BIG MOUTH are clear signs
Holy ghost, Akufo Addo won the elections on what?lies then how did the ndc lose on what? ndc lost on Eastern corridor roads made and the contractor praised when actually it was rough road and muddy, ndc lost because if create, l000ot and share, ndc lost because of inflated contract sums, ndc lost because of if you see a goat say a cow, where did Akufo Addo lie? ndc lost because called Ghanaians as having short memory such an insult! and what did Akufo Addo promise that he is not doing? Bring those monies you stole and Ghana will be heaven! Nkwas*afuo with no shame, sh*meless akronfuo! Listen. Akufo Addo won on tribal lines then 2020 he will win on tribal lines because they are the majority in Ghana so your ndc will rot in opposition! eeeeiii! Herald a survey has been made already oooo! one was made by Goosie Tandoh your own aspiring flagbearer and the result according to him was if mahama leads you you will lose more than 2016, the second survey was online and the results were NPP =51% ndc = 34% but I bet you 2020 your ndc will get 30% mark it on the wall. Ndc will never come back to power! chai! the people have more hope in the NPP than the ndc and who told you Ghanaians want ndc apuuuuuuu! you think tickling your own self and declaring victory means you've won? Ghanaians know ndc are making lot of noise about hardship they ndc created, thank God Ghanaians understand that! look, you people shouldn't take the Ghanaian people for granted because they are very discerning! at least we have heard of teachers not being paid for years, we haven't heard of graduate unemployment association, we haven't heard of nurses complaining of postings, we haven't heard of Doctors striking because of unpaid salaries and condition of service like ndc were in government all these shows the government is working, we haven't heard of SHS in debt like the so called progressively free SHS of ghc36.00 each student with arrears piled up like files! Ghanaians prefer NPP government to ndc us*less akronfuo government! Ghanaians are enjoying sound airwaves, mot Ofosu Kwakye, Sam George and others coming out to insult our leaders and men of God, at least the NPP has given Ghanaians that respect and decency! womp3 wei na wop3 de3n, nkurasesem? even in opposition they are showing their nkurasesem! they should enjoy their opposition in pain,hate, bitterness and misery! ndc will rot in opposition! na me se! how are they coming? they've rejected the Ghana card and that card is the sole ID to vote so how are the ndc bragging of coming back coming by what and with what? the colonial days of rigging by massaging figures are gone , the stone age time of snatching ballot boxes are gone now we are in a digital world and the slaughtering or swiping of the card will reveal every information so how are they going to rig to win?Ghana b3y3 d3 papa!
Akufo Addo and the npp won the elections on lies and tribalism
Haha, the Herald, the resurrected paid press of the NDC. NDC seems to have sparked her propaganda machine to do the dirty politics, peddling lies and hurling insults.
@yensiamoa, l agree with you, i always ask myself if Ghana is under a curse
The Northerners have enjoyed Free Education since Independence with our cocoa, gold, bauxite, timber, etc. Some Akans are so ***barred word*** to support this ***barred word*** NDC Party that they forget what Akuffo Addo is doing to help us. Which sensible person will follow the NDC Party? AFRC/PNDC/NDC have ruled Ghana for 26 years, and Ghana has retrogressed. Even a war-torn Rwanda has made strides more than Ghana. Building a house for the Vice President at the cost of 15 million Dollars by the NDC government is enough evidence to dump this criminal party. But in Ghana where illiteracy and tribalism abound, people are following NDC blindly.
YES....
l swear if Akufo Addo had told Ghanaians to "drink water and wait" nobody would have voted for a change. He told us the money is here and that JDM and family are enjoying it. Who is doing the worst?. ToMe you can "drink water and wait" whilst Akufo Addo and family, friends, babys mummies, former girl friends, cronies etc enjoy all the goodies. By the time you finish drinking all the water in the sea 4 years would be here. think smart.