{"id":179818,"date":"2024-05-08T12:06:47","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T12:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/08\/akufo-addos-legacy-far-supersedes-that-of-mahama\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T12:06:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T12:06:47","slug":"akufo-addos-legacy-far-supersedes-that-of-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/08\/akufo-addos-legacy-far-supersedes-that-of-mahama\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo&#8217;s legacy far supersedes that of Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Andrew Agyapa Mercer, the Minister-designate for Tourism, has stated that President Akufo-Addo\u2019s legacy far surpasses that of former President John Dramani Mahama.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This comes after President Akufo-Addo appealed to Ghanaians to reject the flagbearer of the NDC, John Dramani Mahama in the forthcoming December elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to the president, a vote for Mr Mahama would undermine the progress achieved during his administration and jeopardise the nation\u2019s trajectory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The minister-designate speaking on Eyewitness News, defended the President\u2019s appeal by highlighting the tangible developments under Akufo-Addo\u2019s administration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He added that, unlike the former president, every debt incurred by Akufo-Addo\u2019s government has been allocated to specific projects, many of which are visible and ongoing<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cMany of the road infrastructure that Nana Addo Dankwa has completed are all over the place. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Members of Parliament who complained that President Akufo-Addo had contracted loans with nothing to show for, sometimes I wonder if they read the documents they read in parliament. Because every single debt that Akufo-Addo had contracted was used for a specific project.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThe fact that some of them have not been completed doesn\u2019t mean that monies have been wasted. I can\u2019t even begin to count them. Akufo-Addo is doing roads in this country, you want to say you cannot see it. Is he not building hospitals,\u2026 Effia Nkwanta <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Government Hospital<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> is being redeveloped, Eastern Regional Hospital is being redeveloped. The maternity block in KATH is not being built. 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