Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has accused the Mahama-led administration of rebranding and claiming credit for the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) achievements.
Addressing delegates at the NPP's National Delegates Conference on Saturday, July 19, at the University of Ghana Stadium, Mr Afenyo-Markin defended the legacy of former president Akufo-Addo's administration and dismissed claims of failure following the party's 2024 electoral loss. "Yes, we lost the 2024 elections in a big way," he admitted. "But let us be clear, this was not a defeat born out of failure.
It was a perfect storm of adversity no government in the Fourth Republic has ever had." He cited several challenges faced during the NPP's tenure, including the banking sector crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Russia-Ukraine war. "No government in our democratic history faced this scale of compounded crisis," he said. "Yet in the driving seat, we held the line." He praised the resilience of Ghanaians and highlighted economic progress made under the NPP. "We should commend them because it was the sacrifices they, including the bondholders, made that led to the big economic recovery we started witnessing from early 2024," he said. "We fixed a crisis and handed over an economy with stronger GDP growth than what we inherited in 2017.
We built historic levels of gold and foreign exchange reserves, reserves the current administration is now relying on to prop up the cedi and support the economy," he added.
