President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
That President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has shown faith with the good people of Ghana is a fact no decent politician or Ghanaian can dispute.
From day one of his investiture till now, the President has been very active, ensuring that his vision sees the light of day in improving lives and livelihoods in every nook of the country.
From instituting good governance structures, through generating incisive social protection initiatives, and human resource development for the youth to economic transformation, he has attracted global acclaim.
Indeed, even under the excruciating COVID-19 pandemic, his desire to make the best out of the worst has been inspiring, resulting in Ghana rising to become one of the world’s fastest growing economies.
Post-COVID-19 leadership
The success story did not end there: Ghana still soldiers on, attracting partnerships the world over as proof of his sterling leadership qualities that remind the world of leaders like Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who gave America a New Deal when the nation was in unimaginable crisis.
Unlike John Mahama who woefully dropped Ghana’s economic growth to a ridiculous level, President Akufo-Addo has lifted the economy from the doldrums to a pinnacle of glory, with ordinary citizens rather than typical politicians being the larger beneficiaries, as had been the tradition in this part of the world.
From typical peasant farmers and livestock breeders to children of school going age, and the aged to informal economy workers scattered across the country, to those who can barely afford decent healthcare, there is hope for all in the several initiatives the President has lined up in his party’s Manifesto and is rolling out steadily.
As majority of Ghanaians would admit, the results, have been fantastic.
It is little wonder therefore that our Zongo traditional leaders and the communities are falling in love with the Akufo-Addo government for that sterling performance, which has positively impacted lives in the hitherto vulnerable communities.
Next level
Moving into the next level in a global environment in which COVID-19 has weakened the capacity of developing economies to recover positively, no doubt, requires tried and tested – not experimenting – leadership.
That is why we agree with the Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia when he reminds Ghanaians that this is not the time to backslide or toy with the fortunes of the nation. We cannot do this by ceding governance to an incompetent band of clowns whose only efficiency is in the borborbor political music and dance, dodgy social media activity and incoherent political verbiage.
As most Ghanaians would affirm, we have come too far to allow ourselves to be deceived into losing our guard, particularly when the opposition National Democratic Congress, under Mahama, had the best of climates and environment to move Ghana forward, but messed with the opportunity and ended up putting Ghana back under an IMF programme.
No going back to Egypt
At this point in our history, we need not remind ourselves that there can be no turning back for us. It simply wouldn’t make any sense imagining dumping a good husband or wife for a drunk or prostitute when there is peace in the home and hope on the horizon of a better tomorrow.
That is why we cannot afford to move backwards from a Jerusalem, where we have all the peace and security, to a scorched Egypt – where bandits waylay good people and rob them of their lives’ earnings. And that is why we must stay in Jerusalem under Nana Akufo-Addo and sustain national growth and development for the benefit of our children and children’s children.
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