Ghana’s outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo is facing a backlash on social media after he unveiled a statue of himself during a tour of the country’s Western Region.
The region’s minister Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, said the monument is intended to honour the development initiatives the president has overseen whilst in office But many Ghanaians have been mocking its installation – outside a hospital in the city of Sekondi – seeing it as self-glorification.
In a post on X, opposition legislator, Emmanuel Armah Kofi-Buah, said the people of the Country deserve better than these self-serving displays.
Akufo-Addo, who will be standing down in January after two terms in power, has boasted that he has fulfilled 80% of his promises to Ghanaians.
He was quoted as saying, “While I do not claim to have fully satisfied all promises, a significant portion — roughly 80% — of our manifesto pledges have been fulfilled, with notable achievements in education, healthcare, infrastructure development, industrial reform, agriculture, and cocoa production.”
However, the report stated that many of these projects were yet to be completed.
