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The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has hit back at President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for describing his legacy as one marked by intermittent power supply, locally known as \u2018dumsor.\u2019<\/p>\n
In a statement made on Monday, November 25, President Akufo-Addo labelled Mahama a \u201cfailed president,\u201d claiming that he was the only leader not rewarded with a second term due to his poor performance.<\/p>\n
The President further asserted that while past leaders are recognized for their significant contributions, Mahama\u2019s legacy is defined by power outages, or \u201cdumsor.\u201d<\/p>\n
Additionally, President Akufo-Addo criticized the NDC\u2019s proposal for a \u201c24-hour economy,\u201d questioning how Mahama could implement such a policy given his track record.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf he could not keep the lights on for 12 hours during his tenure as president, how can he sustain a 24-hour economy? Stop that lies,\u201d he remarked, labelling the policy as deceitful.<\/p>\n
In a rebuttal during his tour of the Western Region on Tuesday, Mahama noted that the power challenges had been resolved before he left office in 2017.<\/p>\n
He therefore opined that the President\u2019s assertion was a lie undeserving of a man of his status.<\/p>\n
\u201cI expect that when NPP is telling lies, they\u2019ll leave it to the younger ones and the junior ones to do. But when the senior ones like Nana Akufo-Addo says that \u2018dumsor\u2019 was not solved before they came, I heard him say that if we could not keep the lights on, how can we run a 24-hour economy?<\/p>\n
\u201cIn 2016, \u2018dumsor\u2019 had been solved. Nobody\u2019s lights went off in 2016, nobody had load shedding in 2016, that is on record,\u201d he responded.<\/p>\n
Drawing an analogy from the Bible, Mahama underscored that liars will not make it to heaven.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know, liars cannot go to heaven and let me give you a Bible quotation, Proverbs Chapter 19:9, he said, those who bear false witness will not go unpunished and the liars will be destroyed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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