{"id":448447,"date":"2025-12-08T02:10:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T02:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/12\/08\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T02:10:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T02:10:29","slug":"breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/12\/08\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking the Cycle: A Nuny\u00e3dume reflection on Ghana\u2019s politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"blog_bn-inline-content__T0GdB text-text-text-secondary text-paragraph-md-regular leading-[28.4px]\">Ghana\u2019s democracy has endured for more than three decades, yet one pattern continues to haunt our political landscape, the cycle of retaliation that emerges whenever political power changes hands. It is a cycle that weakens institutions, erodes trust, and distracts from the work of governance. Many recall the early 2000s when \u201cproceed on leave\u201d became [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana\u2019s democracy has endured for more than three decades, yet one pattern continues to haunt our political landscape, the cycle of retaliation that emerges whenever political power changes hands. It is a cycle that weakens institutions, erodes trust, and distracts from the work of governance. Many recall the early 2000s when \u201cproceed on leave\u201d became [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":448448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-448447","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Breaking the Cycle: A Nuny\u00e3dume reflection on Ghana\u2019s politics - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/12\/08\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Breaking the Cycle: A Nuny\u00e3dume reflection on Ghana\u2019s politics - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ghana\u2019s democracy has endured for more than three decades, yet one pattern continues to haunt our political landscape, the cycle of retaliation that emerges whenever political power changes hands. It is a cycle that weakens institutions, erodes trust, and distracts from the work of governance. Many recall the early 2000s when \u201cproceed on leave\u201d became [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/12\/08\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-08T02:10:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Jubilee-House.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/08\\\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/08\\\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19f97c9b96bb4eec1ec652714cfea7e6\"},\"headline\":\"Breaking the Cycle: A Nuny\u00e3dume reflection on Ghana\u2019s politics\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-08T02:10:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/08\\\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":69,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/08\\\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/Jubilee-House.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Business\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/08\\\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/08\\\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\\\/\",\"name\":\"Breaking the Cycle: A Nuny\u00e3dume reflection on Ghana\u2019s politics - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/08\\\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/08\\\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/Jubilee-House.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-08T02:10:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19f97c9b96bb4eec1ec652714cfea7e6\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/08\\\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/08\\\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/08\\\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/Jubilee-House.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/Jubilee-House.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/08\\\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Breaking the Cycle: A Nuny\u00e3dume reflection on Ghana\u2019s politics\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19f97c9b96bb4eec1ec652714cfea7e6\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Breaking the Cycle: A Nuny\u00e3dume reflection on Ghana\u2019s politics - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/12\/08\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Breaking the Cycle: A Nuny\u00e3dume reflection on Ghana\u2019s politics - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Ghana\u2019s democracy has endured for more than three decades, yet one pattern continues to haunt our political landscape, the cycle of retaliation that emerges whenever political power changes hands. It is a cycle that weakens institutions, erodes trust, and distracts from the work of governance. Many recall the early 2000s when \u201cproceed on leave\u201d became [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/12\/08\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2025-12-08T02:10:29+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Jubilee-House.jpg","width":1,"height":1,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/12\/08\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/12\/08\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/#\/schema\/person\/19f97c9b96bb4eec1ec652714cfea7e6"},"headline":"Breaking the Cycle: A Nuny\u00e3dume reflection on Ghana\u2019s politics","datePublished":"2025-12-08T02:10:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/12\/08\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\/"},"wordCount":69,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/12\/08\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Jubilee-House.jpg","articleSection":["Business"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/12\/08\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/12\/08\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\/","name":"Breaking the Cycle: A Nuny\u00e3dume reflection on Ghana\u2019s politics - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/12\/08\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/12\/08\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Jubilee-House.jpg","datePublished":"2025-12-08T02:10:29+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/#\/schema\/person\/19f97c9b96bb4eec1ec652714cfea7e6"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/12\/08\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/12\/08\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/12\/08\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Jubilee-House.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Jubilee-House.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/12\/08\/breaking-the-cycle-a-nunyadume-reflection-on-ghanas-politics\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Breaking the Cycle: A Nuny\u00e3dume reflection on Ghana\u2019s politics"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/#\/schema\/person\/19f97c9b96bb4eec1ec652714cfea7e6","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}