Akufo-Addo’s place in history would have been bigger if he hadn’t become president – Manasseh

Investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, has expressed his disappointment over the governance of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

According to citinewsroom.com, Manasseh, who said he once held the president in high regard, said that Ghanaians would have remembered and celebrated Akufo-Addo’s legacy if he had fulfilled his promises and transformed the country.

According to him, Akufo-Addo fell short of his promises, leaving several people disappointed and feeling let down.

“If Akufo-Addo had died without becoming President, I personally would have respected him more than he being president. His place in history would have been bigger than he becoming our president. But we would have said look, this is a visionary leader who would have transformed Ghana, unfortunately, we didn’t get him.

“Fortunately or unfortunately, we got him, but we did not get him, because the Akufo-Addo some of us expected was not the President Akufo-Addo we got when he became a president. So, either way, he’s the president that Ghana never got.

“In 2016, a lot had happened and the question was if Ghanaians were still going ahead and doing this. [retain Mahama]. Then what is the point in risking my life, when this is what they want? So, when Akufo-Addo was announced as president, I celebrated it as if it was as if I had won,” Manasseh said, the report stated.

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