In Ghana’s political vocabulary, few phrases have become as infamous — or ironic — as the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) boastful declaration: “We have the men.”
But in a searing critique on 3FM, broadcaster Johnnie Hughes tore into the hollowness of that claim, using sarcasm and real-world economic figures to argue that the NPP’s supposed economic ‘men’ left Ghanaians with little more than hardship and broken promises.
“You didn’t have to brag that you have the men,” Hughes began, echoing
