Akufo-Addo’s record should be ‘covered with bitumen’ – Bernard Mornah

The flagbearer of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Bernard Mornah, says that former President Nana Akufo-Addo’s legacy should be erased from Ghana’s official records.

Speaking on JoyPrime’s Prime Morning Show, Mr Mornah launched a critique of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), arguing that the party should be reflecting on what he described as its poor record in government rather than defending the former president’s tenure.

“So as for my friends in the NPP, I thought that by now they should be taking time to reflect on their bad record,” he said.

“If I have power, anywhere I see President Akufo-Addo in our books, in any document, you just take bitumen and plaster it.”

According to him, Mr Akufo-Addo is not a leader he believes Ghana should proudly associate with as a former head of state.

“This is a man you don’t want to be associated with as president before,” he stated.

“Anywhere I come across President Akufo-Addo, I will take away the ‘president’ attached to his name.”

The PNC flagbearer acknowledged the strong tone of his remarks, admitting that he wished he could have expressed himself with less intensity.

However, he insisted that his comments reflected deep frustration over what he sees as years of misgovernance.

“I wish I could do less. I wish I could do less,” he said.

Mr Mornah also accused the Akufo-Addo administration of presiding over questionable democratic practices, particularly in relation to the Electoral Commission.

He alleged that under what he described as a “dubious legal regime,” the Commission exercised powers that prevented individuals accused of wrongdoing from fully participating in the political process.

“One of the powers that he got was that the Electoral Commission, under a dubious legal regime, would say that a person that is accused of doing wrong things should not appear,” he claimed.

Mr Mornah reinforced the symbolism of bitumen, describing it as “very dark” and suitable, in his view, for covering references to Mr Akufo-Addo in historical records.

“I’m saying that if I have the opportunity today, I’ll take bitumen, the same one we use to build our roads, and anywhere I come across President Akufo-Addo, I will take away the president attached to his name,” he reiterated.