A former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Constituency Chairman for New Juaben North, Kwadwo Boateng Agyeman, has challenged President-elect John Mahama to cause the reduction of products and services drastically when he’s sworn into office after bitterly complaining about the high cost of living while in opposition.

Speaking on Atinka TV, monitored by Ghana, Kwadwo Boateng Agyeman said Mahama, who heavily criticised the Akufo-Addo government, will have no excuse not to improve the living conditions of Ghanaians, as he claimed he’s a better manager of the economy.

“We expect the price of cement to be GH¢50.00, John Mahama complained about the high cost of cement. He spoke about the constant rise of the dollar; he spoke about the price of kenkey. He said when he was leaving power, one ball of kenkey was GH¢1.00; now it is GH¢5.00. I challenge him to cause the reduction of the price of Kenya to GH¢2.00 so that Ghanaians will be okay. The dollar is now GH¢16.00 to a Cedi; he should reduce it to just GH¢10.00. That will be okay with me. Record what I am saying: if John Mahama is able to reduce the rising cost of the dollar and peg it at GH¢10.00, I will vote for him in the next general election.

“Ghanaians voted for him, and he won the 2024 presidential election convincingly. Power will soon be handed over to him on January 7, 2025. His party, the NDC, also has a super majority in parliament. With his election and his party winning the majority of seats in the election, President-Elect Mahama has no excuse. If the NDC does not know and it still gives excuses after winning power, we will not tolerate them at all.”

Ghana’s electoral commission on Monday, December 9, 2024, declared ex-president and main opposition leader John Dramani Mahama the winner of Saturday’s presidential election with 56.55% of the vote, according to provisional results.

Mahama’s main rival, vice president and ruling-party presidential candidate Mahamudu Bawumia, already conceded defeat on Sunday in both presidential and legislative elections to ease tensions.

The electoral commission said it had counted votes from 267 out of the 276 constituencies. Voter turnout was 60.9%.

Mahama, 66, is making a comeback after serving as Ghana’s president from 2012 to 2016.