May 2023 bring us to the cusp of building the Ghana we want – Mahama

Former President, John Dramani Mahama has issued a statement calling on Ghanaians to look forward to a better year in 2023.

In his statement, the leading member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) laments over how Ghanaians have been confronted with unprecedented hardships never seen under the Fourth Republic.

He notes that Ghana defaulted on its debt obligations due to reckless binge borrowing by the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government over the last few years.

Looking forward to a good 2023, John Dramani Mahama is encouraging Ghanaians to have hope.

“We welcome the new year, 2023, knowing that a journey of austerity and sacrifice is just beginning. But we cannot give up HOPE! We cannot give up on our dear motherland Ghana.

“As we face the future with fortitude, let us remember the solemn words of the hymnist, Johnson Oatman Jr, when he urges us to Count Our Blessings and Name Them One by One,” the ex-president noted in his statement.

John Dramani Mahama added, “May this new year open the pathway and bring us to the cusp of building the ‘Ghana We Want’— a Ghana of opportunities for all and one in which our individual and collective aspirations are achieved.”

Read the full new year statement from John Dramani Mahama below:

My 2023 New Year Message to the people of Ghana.

What a year it has been!
Our dear nation, Ghana, defaulted on our debt obligations due to reckless binge borrowing over the last few years.

Ghanaians have been confronted with unprecedented hardships never seen under this Fourth Republic. And our democracy and patience as a people were tested to their elastic limits.

We welcome the new year, 2023, knowing that a journey of austerity and sacrifice is just beginning. But we cannot give up HOPE! We cannot give up on our dear motherland Ghana.

As we face the future with fortitude, let us remember the solemn words of the hymnist, Johnson Oatman Jr, when he urges us to Count Our Blessings and Name Them One by One.

We have been fortunate to survive as a nation and are lucky by the grace of the Almighty to be alive to see the dawn of a new year. Once we have the gift of life, which is the most important of all, there is opportunity in the new year to be better versions of ourselves and work even harder towards salvaging our dear nation from the avoidable abyss into which she has been plunged.

May this new year open the pathway and bring us to the cusp of building the ‘Ghana We Want’— a Ghana of opportunities for all and one in which our individual and collective aspirations are achieved.

I wish you all, my fellow countrymen and women, a very Happy and Prosperous New Year.