{"id":266118,"date":"2024-12-16T07:53:25","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T07:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/16\/when-party-loyalty-leads-lessons-of-a-democratic-dictatorship-and-the-troubling-truths-of-not-being-truly-ghanaian\/"},"modified":"2024-12-16T07:53:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T07:53:25","slug":"when-party-loyalty-leads-lessons-of-a-democratic-dictatorship-and-the-troubling-truths-of-not-being-truly-ghanaian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/16\/when-party-loyalty-leads-lessons-of-a-democratic-dictatorship-and-the-troubling-truths-of-not-being-truly-ghanaian\/","title":{"rendered":"When party loyalty leads: Lessons of a democratic dictatorship and the troubling truths of not being truly Ghanaian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/b59ee98a69a0863368a59899cb4d34e3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Akuffo Addo and Bawumia have effectively ruined both their party, the NPP, and Ghana\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>This is so, in part because party loyalists outnumber ordinary Ghanaians. 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