Ghanaians Will Appreciate Akufo-Addo’s Leadership After He Leaves Office – Gabby Otchere-Darko

A leading stalwart of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has expressed optimism that Ghanaians will come to fully appreciate President Akufo-Addo’s leadership and achievements after he leaves office in 2025.

Speaking to Accra-based Channel One TV, Mr Otchere-Darko said despite the current economic challenges and global circumstances, the achievements of Akufo-Addo’s administration will be recognized in the future.

He stressed the significant infrastructural developments, particularly in the health sector, that have been achieved during Akufo-Addo’s seven-year tenure. According to Mr Otchere-Darko, no previous government has matched the level of progress made in healthcare under Akufo-Addo’s presidency.

“If you consider the challenges of leadership, the challenges of managing an economy such as ours and those challenges being compounded by the global challenges that faced them, I think when Ghanaians sit back, and analyse his period, after he’s gone, they will appreciate the Akufo-Addo’s presidency. When you are in there, you can’t really see that much.”

“Take a few sectors, health, I can say boldly, based on numbers, that in the 4th Republic, no government has been able to do the kind of things we have witnessed under Akufo-Addo’s presidency. Within the health sector alone, in terms of facilities, in terms of that amazing thing that former President J.A Kufuor built, the National Health Insurance Scheme, where he has taken it.”

“In terms of personnel, over the last seven to eight years, over 2,000 people have been employed in the health sector. Look at the number of doctors employed over the last few years, I believe over 22,000, nurses about 165,000 or so.”

“The expansion that we have seen in the health sector, in terms of access to health, personnel, remunerations, so many polyclinics have been built.”

He also noted that 95% of the hospitals under the Agenda 111 project are 65% complete.

“Almost 95% of them are at 65% of the completion stage,” Gabby said.