President John Dramani Mahama has teased the former President of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
John Dramani Mahama has stated with the same bald head and round eyeglasses, President Akufo-Addo has been a worthy opponent to him.
According to John Mahama former President Akufo-Addo and himself stepped into parliament at the same time in 1996 and never envisaged contesting the highest position of the land on three separate occasions.
Delivering his inaugural address as president of Ghana after he was sworn in as president of Ghana, John Mahama stated, “Nana this would be our final meeting under these circumstances and as look back at the journey we traveled together”.
“Too much younger men who entered parliament together with the full hair of black hair and you with the same bald head and round eyeglasses I have to say that you have without exception been a worthy opponent” ” he stated.
John Mahama further added, “Today’s exercise between the outgoing president His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and I feels a bit like déjà vu. That is because eight years ago to this day, January 7, 2017, we shared this same space and performed this same transitional exercise. At the time, I was the outgoing president, having served one term, and he was the incoming president, having been given a mandate by the people of Ghana to lead this great nation of ours.”
“He and I both understood on that day, as I am sure we are today, that it is the people of Ghana that we are elected to serve. Somehow it seems fitting that it is with Nana Akufo-Addo that I twice shared this stage and this unique historical distinction because Nana Akufo-Addo and I began our national political careers in Parliament in the same year, 1996, he added”
Meanwhile, John Dramani Mahama has officially been sworn in as Ghana’s 6th president under the 4th republic.
John Mahama took the oath of office at the Black Stars Square.
He was sworn in by the Chief Justice of Ghana Gertrude Torkonoo on Monday, January 7, 2025, at the Black Star Square in Accra.
Ghana’s new president is expected to tackle challenges of corruption, high unemployment, inflation, and public discontent with the economy of Ghana and many more.
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Just wait for what Prez Dramani Mahama told Former Prez Akufo-Addo 💔😂 during his speech at the independence square,#Inauguration2025 pic.twitter.com/l37mYEEJKU
— Yaw kumi (@kissiedu_kumi) January 7, 2025
