Be honest and accept responsibility for challenges – Mahama tells govt

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dranani Mahama has told the Akufo-Addo administration to be honest and admit the challenges facing the country.

He said this while adding his voice to the debate over whether obtaining a Dutch passport is better than a PhD in Ghana.

During a public lecture organised by the Christian Service University in Kumasi on the theme “Sustainability of Democracy in Africa: The Ghanaian Experience”, he stated that the debate reflects a loss of confidence and hope in Ghana’s future due to current economic hardships.

“There’s widespread despair and anguish amongst our people leading to an active debate on social media about whether securing a foreign passport to do a menial job in Europe is better than holding a PhD in Ghana. It’s the adversity into which our nation has been plunged, otherwise, there’s no basis for comparison between a Visa and a PHD.”

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He further called on Ghanaians to reject the leaders who have caused the economic hardships in this year’s elections.

“Those whose glaring failures at economic management have sucked us into this vortex of despair despite their lofty talk in opposition and who now seek to flee the responsibility cannot be rewarded with the presidency in this deep crisis.

“The presidency cannot be handed over to those who present as the future when they have the epicentre of our disastrous presence.

“Leadership that is honest and accepts responsibility for challenges rather than passing the back is the kind of leadership that sustains democracy,” he said.