{"id":1078399,"date":"2022-05-06T13:10:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T13:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/06\/they-said-i-was-too-short-to-be-president-but-here-i-am-by-gods-grace-akufo-addo-politics\/"},"modified":"2022-05-06T13:10:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T13:10:00","slug":"they-said-i-was-too-short-to-be-president-but-here-i-am-by-gods-grace-akufo-addo-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/06\/they-said-i-was-too-short-to-be-president-but-here-i-am-by-gods-grace-akufo-addo-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"They Said I Was \u2018Too Short\u2019 To Be President But Here I am by God\u2019s Grace \u2013 Akufo-Addo | Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has attributed his victory in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections to God\u2019s grace.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo was speaking on Thursday, 5 May 2022 at the Museum of the Bible\u2019s inaugural Africa lecture held in Washington, USA.<\/p>\n<p>According to President Akufo-Addo, despite being in public office for the most part of his adult life, that could not qualify him to become president.<\/p>\n<p>He indicated that becoming president, finally, was a vindication of God\u2019s word.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo said: \u201cI have been in the maelstrom of public life in Ghana for 45 years, that is most of my adult life\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had been dissatisfied with the condition of life of the majority of our people, and that is why I have struggled to get the opportunity to do something about it\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe story of my struggles to become president of my country are well known\u201d, he recalled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy experiences have been a testimony of God\u2019s love and a vindication of the words of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, in the Gospel according to St. Matthew, Chapter 19 verse 26\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cIt took three tries between 2008 and 2016 for me to get elected\u201d, recalling: \u201cBy which time, the popular catchphrases of \u2018Akufo-Addo cannot be president\u2019, \u2018God does not want Akufo-Addo to be president\u2019, \u2018Akufo-Addo is short, and does not have the stature to be president&#8217;\u201d were popular among his opponents.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cI committed that third election campaign to God, and indicated to the Ghanaian people that, \u2018The Battle is the Lord\u2019s\u2019. By God\u2019s grace, I won a famous victory against an incumbent president by a gap of nearly a million votes, the largest margin of victory for two decades.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd, by the same grace, I won re-election in the December 2020 elections, and I am now in my second and last term as president.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong\/><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"peace_black_text_4\">Source: kasapafmonline.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear:both\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"peace_red_text_1\">Disclaimer<\/span>: <span class=\"peace_ash_text_1\">Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Peacefmonline.com. Peacefmonline.com accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of . 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