John Mahama, the former president of Ghana, has acknowledged that things were not perfect in his administration.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, however, feels that living conditions were superior to those under the Akufo-Addo-led administration.
Speaking to voters in the Bono East area at Techiman North, Mr. Mahama asserted that his administration provided better governance than what had been in place for the previous eight years.
“I won’t say in 2016 when NDC was in power it was heaven but it was better than today. It’s been almost eights years they came into power, but now they will say things are better than my administration, how can they say that?
“When Mahama was in power, a bag of cement was GH₵26 but now it’s more than GH₵100. Under Mahama, you could buy a gallon of petrol for GH₵14 but now you can’t even get a piece of broken bottle. You could buy a dollar with GH₵4 but now you need GH₵16,” he stated.
The hundreds of youth who were listening to him needed to hear encouraging messages and that’s exactly what the NDC flagbearer gave.
John Mahama asked the audience to just evaluate the success of the current administration by comparing it to his four years in power.
In addition, he voiced concerns about the unexpected decline in value of the currency, price increases, and rising living expenses.
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Vawumia is an economist that Ghana never had and should take some of the blame for what he calls a grounded economy, Mr. Mahama emphasized.
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