Akufo-Addo is the most corrupt president in Ghana’s history, he should apologize to Ghanaians – Nii Lante Vanderpuye

Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, the member of parliament for the Oddododiodio constituency, has expressed concerns over the legacy that President Akufo-Addo will leave behind as his term comes to an end.

Mr. Vanderpuye expressed doubts about Akufo-Addo’s good reputation prior to taking office and claimed that his administration has done more harm than good.

The lawmaker claims that President Akufo-Addo’s record of being an uncorruptible leader who upheld human rights—qualities for which he was praised during his time in opposition—has been damaged by his conduct after taking office.

Akufo-Addo, according to Mr. Vanderpuye, will go down in history as the most corrupt president Ghana has ever had, during an interview with Citi FM in Accra on Tuesday, May 7.

He criticized the President for the difficulties the country’s population have faced due to the economy and for what he perceived as his failure to defend the nation’s democracy.

His statements were in response to President Akufo-Addo’s recent warning to the people of Ghana not to cast their ballots for National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer John Dramani Mahama in the December elections.

According to President Akufo-Addo, Mahama when elected as president would decelerate the advancements made under his leadership and endanger the country’s future course.

During a visit to Blue Skies Limited, President Akufo-Addo announced his support for Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia as the best candidate for president in the next elections at a small rally in Doboro, in the Greater Accra region.

“Also, when the time is up for the voting, our job is simple. The person I defeated and my work since I took over, seems not to please him, I cannot hand over power to such a person. He will destroy whatever we have done when he comes.”

“I am pleading with you to vote for the person I have worked with for the past seven and half years. I have faith in him and I know that he will come and continue the work I have begun as Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.”

Mr. Vanderpuye, however, refuted the President’s claims, claiming that Ghanaians are fed up with Akufo-Addo’s governance and are prepared for change.

He emphasized that the general disappointment among Ghanaians stems from the fact that Akufo-Addo’s presidency has not lived up to the expectations established during his tenure in opposition.

“If I were Nana Addo, the best thing I would do as a person is to apologise to the millions of Ghanaians who voted for me and whom I have hugely disappointed. Nana Addo will go into history as the worst president ever in the fourth republic of this country.”

“He is the most corrupt president in our history. He is the one who has collapsed our economy. Ghana’s economy today is worse than at any time in our history. Is that the legacy he is talking about? Of course, John Mahama will come and correct all.”

“The youth of this country are looking for somebody who will come and change that legacy that he has left of joblessness, youth unemployment, hopelessness…So Ghanaians will vote for a change so that somebody will come to erase this horrifying and very disgraceful legacy from our history,” he insisted.