PPD rates Akufo Addo’s performance above Dr. Nkrumah

Politics of Wednesday November 4, 2020

Source: Ruth Aboagye, Contributor

2020-11-04

With its recent evaluation, Patriots for Peace and Development (PPD) has rated the work of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo higher than that of the late President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.

According to the group coordinator Richard Danso, Akufo Addo Free Upper Secondary School (SHS), a district, a factory, a village, a dam, among other key policy initiatives, put the Akufo Addo administration ahead of the of the late Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.

For example, the free SHS traverses the country at a time when the country’s population is around 32 million compared to Nkrumah, which only extended free education to the northern sector of the country when the population was less than 7 million.

President Akufo Addo fulfilled his campaign promise by providing free SHS to more than 1.2 million people in the country, which has brought great financial relief to most parents.

“Arguably, Nkrumah ruled the country for at least 7 years but built less than 30 secondary schools, yet President Akufo took office in 2017 and completed at least 26 incomplete schools started by former President HE John Dramani Mahama. and has continued the construction of 30 schools to meet the demand of the population.

In addition, the administration of President Akufo Addo has established more than 70 District One factories spread across the country. This has really expanded the economy and provided significant jobs for many Ghanaians.

“They have also built dams to support agricultural activities across the country, which has made enough food available for consumption. Even within the COVID 19 pandemic, the president, through the NBSSI, made a billion GHC available to support the country’s SMEs, ”he said.

Akufo Addo’s performance in the space of three and a half years of his administration has given him a higher level compared to the performance of the late Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.

If we want to compare data, Akufo Addo’s performance in these three and a half years far exceeds the late president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. All the projects that Nkrumah did were limited to a specific area, it does not benefit the general population.

This means that if Ghanaians vote for him in the next general election, he would deliver more for the country, ”he said.

“Aside from this great achievement, the president has continued to implement key policies that are giving hope and reviving the lives of many Ghanaians, this is a mark of a great leader.

This is not an endorsement to force Ghanaians to vote for him, but the reality on the ground, ”he said.