Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), unequivocally stated that the NDC and its flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama, will not extend congratulations to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his victory in the 2020 elections. This resolute stance was announced during a press conference organized by the NDC on Monday, January 8, 2024.
During his address on Constitution Day, President Akufo-Addo expressed his disappointment at not receiving a congratulatory message from his main opponent, John Mahama, even three years after the election. However, Asiedu Nketiah justified the NDC’s decision by highlighting the violence that marred the election as the primary reason for their refusal to extend congratulations to the president.
In a firm stance, he made it clear that the NDC would not extend any congratulations to those who were involved in what he deemed as the ruthless killing of Ghanaians for political gain.
Additionally, he urged Akufo-Addo to shift his focus towards the implementation of the recommendations put forth by the Commission of Inquiry.
“Nana Akufo-Addo should rather be implementing the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry which he himself set up, that interrogated the actors and victims of the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence and not be worried over congratulations from our flagbearer,” he said.
“We will not congratulate anybody who murders Ghanaians to secure power, we will not. Similarly, he must not only be apologizing to the people of SALL for disenfranchising them in 2020, but also he must be ensuring that their representation in Parliament is restored.
“We are the victims of violence, and yet when the moral and civil societies speak, they either engage in equalization and call all of us to ensure peaceful elections or telling us in the NDC who are the victims to ensure that the oppressor has peace, but we say never again,” he added.
