The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has hit back at President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for describing his legacy as one marked by intermittent power supply, locally known as ‘dumsor.’
In a statement made on Monday, November 25, President Akufo-Addo labelled Mahama a “failed president,” claiming that he was the only leader not rewarded with a second term due to his poor performance.
The President further asserted that while past leaders are recognized for their significant contributions, Mahama’s legacy is defined by power outages, or “dumsor.”
Additionally, President Akufo-Addo criticized the NDC’s proposal for a “24-hour economy,” questioning how Mahama could implement such a policy given his track record.
“If he could not keep the lights on for 12 hours during his tenure as president, how can he sustain a 24-hour economy? Stop that lies,” he remarked, labelling the policy as deceitful.
In a rebuttal during his tour of the Western Region on Tuesday, Mahama noted that the power challenges had been resolved before he left office in 2017.
He therefore opined that the President’s assertion was a lie undeserving of a man of his status.
“I expect that when NPP is telling lies, they’ll leave it to the younger ones and the junior ones to do. But when the senior ones like Nana Akufo-Addo says that ‘dumsor’ was not solved before they came, I heard him say that if we could not keep the lights on, how can we run a 24-hour economy?
“In 2016, ‘dumsor’ had been solved. Nobody’s lights went off in 2016, nobody had load shedding in 2016, that is on record,” he responded.
Drawing an analogy from the Bible, Mahama underscored that liars will not make it to heaven.
“You know, liars cannot go to heaven and let me give you a Bible quotation, Proverbs Chapter 19:9, he said, those who bear false witness will not go unpunished and the liars will be destroyed,” he said.