What Akufo-Addo said in 2016 about the ‘family and friends’ syndrome in governance

In one of those old tweets shared by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in 2016, when he was still a presidential candidate on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has re-emerged.

In the tweet, Akufo-Addo lamented what he described as a pervasive practice of nepotism in the John Dramani Mahama administration.

“There are a few people who have prospered under this government, largely members of the President’s family and his inner circle,” he wrote on October 9, 2016.



Some tweeps have wondered if the situation is any better under the current administration.

Read some of them below:

There are a few people who have prospered under this government, largely members of the President’s family and his inner circle.

— Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) October 9, 2016