{"id":179593,"date":"2024-05-07T20:10:20","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T20:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/07\/election-2024-ghanaians-will-vote-to-erase-akufo-addos-horrifying-legacy\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T20:10:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T20:10:20","slug":"election-2024-ghanaians-will-vote-to-erase-akufo-addos-horrifying-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/07\/election-2024-ghanaians-will-vote-to-erase-akufo-addos-horrifying-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Election 2024: Ghanaians will vote to erase Akufo-Addo&#8217;s horrifying legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Member of Parliament (MP) for Odododiodoo, Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuye says Ghanaians will elect former President John Mahama in the upcoming December polls to erase the \u2018horrifying\u2019 legacy of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, May 7 urged Ghanaians not to vote for the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the upcoming December elections.<\/p>\n<p>He believes that electing the former President would compromise the progress made during his tenure and put the nation\u2019s path at risk.<\/p>\n<p>While addressing supporters at a mini rally in Doboro in the Greater Accra region, following a visit to Blue Skies Limited, President Akufo-Addo expressed his support for Dr Mahamadu Bawumia as the ideal presidential candidate.<\/p>\n<p>However, in an interview with Umaru Sanda Amadu on <em><strong>Citi FM\u2019s Eyewitness News<\/strong><\/em>, the Odododiodio MP countered that Ghanaians are poised for change.<\/p>\n<p>He suggested that President Akufo-Addo should have apologised to Ghanaians for failing them and leading the country into significant hardships.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Vanderpuye further added that President Akufo-Addo will be remembered as the worst president in the nation\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I were Nana Addo, the best thing I would do as a person is to apologise to the millions of Ghanaians who voted for me and whom I have hugely disappointed. Nana Addo will go into history as the worst president ever in the fourth republic of this country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is the most corrupt president in our history. He is the one who has collapsed our economy. Ghana\u2019s economy today is worse than at any time in our history. Is that the legacy he is talking about? Of course, John Mahama will come and correct all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe youth of this country are looking for somebody who will come and change that legacy that he has left of joblessness, youth unemployment, hopelessness\u2026So Ghanaians will vote for a change so that somebody will come to erase this horrifying and very disgraceful legacy from our history,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em><strong>Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Click on the link to join the Citi Newsroom channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU:\u00a0https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>No spams, just the stories that truly matter! #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Member of Parliament (MP) for Odododiodoo, Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuye says Ghanaians will elect former President John Mahama in the upcoming December polls to erase the \u2018horrifying\u2019 legacy of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. President Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, May 7 urged Ghanaians not to vote for the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":179594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Election 2024: Ghanaians will vote to erase Akufo-Addo&#039;s horrifying legacy - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/07\/election-2024-ghanaians-will-vote-to-erase-akufo-addos-horrifying-legacy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Election 2024: Ghanaians will vote to erase Akufo-Addo&#039;s horrifying legacy - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Member of Parliament (MP) for Odododiodoo, Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuye says Ghanaians will elect former President John Mahama in the upcoming December polls to erase the \u2018horrifying\u2019 legacy of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. 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