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Adorye says electing Akufo-Addo was a mistake: ‘Traders, have you seen our end?’

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Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) member Hopeson Adorye subtly criticised President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, suggesting that Ghana made a mistake by deviating from its tradition of electing Presidents named John.

At a recent campaign event, Adorye highlighted that since the advent of the Fourth Republic in 1992, Ghana had consistently elected presidents named John: Jerry John Rawlings, John Agyekum Kufuor, John Evans Atta Mills, and John Dramani Mahama. He implied that the nation’s decision to elect Akufo-Addo, whose first name is William, in 2016 was a misstep.

“Our first Fourth Republican president was Jerry John Rawlings, after him was John Agyekum Kufuor, the third was John Evans Atta Mills, and the fourth was John Mahama. When it was time to elect our fifth president, stubborn as Ghanaians are, we abandoned a John and elected William; traders, have you seen our end?” Adorye remarked during a campaign event for John Alan Kyerematen, leader of the Movement for Change (M4C).

Akufo-Addo defeated Kyerematen in the NPP primaries before going on to win the 2016 presidential election against the then-incumbent President John Dramani Mahama. He repeated this victory in the 2020 elections, securing his second and final term.

 

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