Member of Parliament (MP) for Ofoase Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has cautioned Ghanaians against believing every promise made by President John Dramani Mahama hook line and sinker.
The MP charged Ghanaians to tackle President John Dramani Mahama’s economic promises with a pinch of salt as he has shown his inability to resolve the nation’s ongoing power crisis, plunging Ghana back into an era of ‘dumsor’ ever since his return.
However, speaking on Eyewitness News, Oppong Nkrumah, a former Minister for Information, questioned Mahama’s ability to deliver on these commitments, citing his previous administration’s handling of economic and energy sector challenges.
“Every Ghanaian knows that in 2016, there was dumsor despite the fact that he said in January 2016 that he would fix dumsor, there was still dumsor. If President Mahama today tells us that just like he fixed Dumsor, he would fix the economy, when every Ghanaians knows that in 2016 there was dumsor, then every Ghanaian can extrapolate that all the promises that you have just outlined; the promises of July 2024 which he repeated today as something he will live by then it suggests to us that we are in for a very difficult time,” he stated.
His comment comes in response to President Mahama’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Thursday, February 27, 2025, where the president pledged to restore economic stability and drive national growth.
President John Dramani Mahama has promised to strengthen Ghana’s dire economic situation before his term of office ends.
He made this promise during the delivery of his first State of the Nation Address in his second term to Parliament on Thursday, February 27, 2025.
During his speech, he acknowledged the severe economic challenges but vowed to put the nation back on a path of growth and prosperity.
“I John Dramani Mahama will fix the economic crisis confronting our country and reset it on a path of growth and prosperity.”
President Mahama added, “The state of the nation is not good. Our economy is in crisis, and the people of Ghana are suffering unprecedented hardships,” Mahama admitted. However, he emphasized his commitment to finding solutions rather than dwelling on the past.
“It is not my style to lament and shift blame. I am therefore not here to lament, even though there is much to lament about,” he stated.
President Mahama reminded Ghanaians of his track record of fulfilling his promises.
