The NDC General Secretary says Ghanaians should not expect President John Mahama to achieve perfection in just four months after inheriting what he described as a \u201cbroken and soulless nation\u201d from the Akufo-Addo administration.<\/p>\n
Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, speaking on\u00a0PM Express<\/em>\u00a0on Tuesday, May 13, said the NDC came into office not just to govern, but to repair the deep moral and economic damage left behind by the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).<\/p>\n \u201cWe do not expect to achieve excellence in four months,\u201d Mr Kwetey said, pushing back against rising criticism of the government\u2019s pace.<\/p>\n \u201cFirst of all, you must appreciate that we are taking over a country that is not in a very good place\u2014and that is not just being political.\u201d<\/p>\n The Ketu South MP described the country under Akufo-Addo as a place that didn\u2019t just suffer economic decline, but something more corrosive.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re talking about a country that\u2019s gone through what I call eight years of moral decadence. You cannot have gone through eight years of such soulless leadership, as we have seen in an Akufo-Addo government, and expect that within a matter of four months, everything is going to just be excellent.\u201d<\/p>\n When host Evans Mensah reminded him that the NDC itself set a 120-day target for results, Mr. Kwetey responded that \u201cUltimately, what matters more is what Ghanaians feel.”<\/p>\n \u201cI think the people of Ghana feel confident that they have a leadership that is not perfect, but a leadership that is determined to ensure that it does far better than what we have seen over the last eight years.\u201d<\/p>\n He said the real measure of the government\u2019s success isn\u2019t abstract timelines or campaign promises, but the faith of ordinary Ghanaians.<\/p>\n