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The photos of the statue have gone viral in Ghana<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Ghana’s outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo is facing a backlash on social media after he unveiled a statue of himself during a tour of the country\u2019s Western Region.<\/p>\n
The monument is intended to honour the development initiatives the president has overseen whilst in office, the region’s minister Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah says.<\/p>\n
But many Ghanaians have been mocking its installation – outside a hospital in the city of Sekondi – seeing it as “self glorification”.<\/p>\n
“The people of the Western Region deserve better than these self-serving displays,” opposition MP Emmanuel Armah Kofi-Buah posted on X. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Akufo-Addo, who will be standing down in January after two terms in power, has boasted that he has fulfilled 80% of his promises to Ghanaians. <\/p>\n
He unveiled the monument, prominently placed in front of Sekondi’s Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital, on Wednesday during his visit that has been dubbed a “thank-you tour”.<\/p>\n
At the ceremony, Darko-Mensah, who oversees the Western Region, highlighted several key projects initiated under the president. <\/p>\n
But the statue has sparked a wave of criticism, with some Ghanaians questioning its importance when several key projects remain incomplete.<\/p>\n
“It would be admirable if the president had allowed posterity to recognise and appreciate his work,” an X user posted. <\/p>\n
A section of the public is calling for the statue – photos of which have gone viral – to be pulled down after the president leaves office. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Some have called for the statue to be pulled down, others say Nana Akufo-Addo deserves to be honoured<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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But not everyone is critical, with some seeing it as an acknowledgement of Akufo-Addo’s contributions to the development of the country. <\/p>\n
“He is very deserving of this exquisite monument. The greatest president I’ve ever had. You will be missed by Ghanaians,” one person posted, adding that Akufo-Addo was the “founder of Ghana’s free education system”.<\/p>\n
During his tour, the 80-year-old president has singled out his policy to scrap fees for secondary schools as his “most significant legacy”.<\/p>\n
His visit has also fed into campaigning nationwide by the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). Western Region, in the south-west, is one of 16 regions in the country.<\/p>\n
The president urged people there to vote for his deputy, Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia, in next month’s general election. <\/p>\n
He will be the NPP’s candidate and Akufo-Addo said a vote for him would see the continuation of the party’s policies and projects.<\/p>\n
Bawumia’s main challenger will be former President John Dramani Mahama, who is seeking a comeback under the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). <\/p>\n
The high cost of living is a key campaign issue in Ghana, Africa’s leading producer of gold.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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