Renowned investigative journalist, , has expressed his disappointment in the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) -led government. Speaking in an interview on GHOne TV's StarrChat programme, on August 7, 2024, the journalist stated that he really had high hopes that an Akufo-Addo presidency would transform Ghana. But, to his dismay, things have actually become worse when comparing Akufo-Addo's reign to that of former President . "The last time I had so much hope that politics could change Ghana was in 2016, when Akufo-Addo was campaigning to be president. "After almost eight years under Akufo-Addo, I'm sad to say that, I don't have hope or trust in this. I don't have hope in the NPP and the NDC," he said. Asked by the host of StarrChat, Bola Ray, who he would compare the Akufo-Addo government to that of Mahama, Manasseh Azure retorted, "Day and night." Further pressed on which government was the day and which was the night, he said, "Your guess is as good as mine." He pointed out that a lot of bad things happened under Mahama, but things are far worse now. "John Mahama, I thought, was bad.