{"id":264436,"date":"2024-12-12T11:26:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T11:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/12\/ghana-was-being-run-down\/"},"modified":"2024-12-12T11:26:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T11:26:32","slug":"ghana-was-being-run-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/12\/ghana-was-being-run-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana was being run down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ghanaian musician, rapper, and record producer, Kwame Ametepe Tsikata, known professionally as M.anifest, says the New Patriotic Party (NPP) lost this year\u2019s general elections because Ghanaians were unhappy the country was being run down.<\/p>\n<p>This follows the abysmal performance of the ruling NPP government in the Saturday, December 7 general election.<\/p>\n<p>M.anifest told James Copnall on BBC\u2019s Newsday on Monday, December 9, 2024, that despite Ghanaians\u2019 decision, it was difficult to be confident in the new NDC leadership of the country until they started working.<\/p>\n<p>However, he stressed that Ghanaians would demand accountability from their new leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s difficult to be confident in any leadership here until you see how they operate. In our local parlance, we say \u2018show working\u2019. So ultimately, I think what happened in this election was that people were unhappy that the country was not being run but the country was being run down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I think there is a level of accountability that we as citizens are going to hold him [John Mahama] and any other leaders to at this point,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>He added \u201cI do think if you saw in the last administration, the youth especially took to the streets. There were protests about illegal mining and so many other things. I think Ghanaians especially the young people who are most affected, unemployment is high, twice as much in the youth in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think they are beginning to express their voice more frequently. We wait for every four years to express that voice through votes. I do think there is a sense of everyday accountability that we are moving towards. 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