Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a prominent member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has voiced strong confidence that Ghanaians will come to fully recognize President Akufo-Addo’s leadership once his term concludes in 2025.
In a recent interview on Face to Face on Channel One TV, Mr. Otchere-Darko emphasized that despite the current economic difficulties and global issues, the accomplishments of Akufo-Addo’s administration will be appreciated in retrospect.
He highlighted the substantial infrastructural advancements that have occurred during Akufo-Addo’s seven-year presidency, particularly in the healthcare sector.
Mr. Otchere-Darko pointed out that no other government has achieved the level of progress in healthcare seen under Akufo-Addo. He remarked, “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 analyze his period, after he’s gone, they will appreciate the Akufo-Addo presidency. When you are in there, you can’t really see that much.”
He elaborated on the advancements in healthcare, noting, “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, he highlighted that over the past seven to eight years, more than 2,000 people have been employed in the health sector, with over 22,000 doctors and approximately 165,000 nurses added to the workforce. “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 added.
Mr. Otchere-Darko also mentioned the Agenda 111 project, stating, “Almost 95% of them are at 65% of the completion stage.”
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