One of the aspiring presidential candidates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwadwo Nsafoah Opoku, has rekindled the debate about Ghana’s presidential tenure of office.
According to him, the current four years term was limited, and that the limitation of the presidential term had weakened the country’s path to development and directly contributed to the slow pace of it.
He was of the view that, the country’s foundation was ruined, and that was why many people say that the four-year or eight-year term must be changed, because the four years term was not enough with the kind of problems we faced.
Mr. Nsafoah Opoku believed that the continuous subscription to these terms had hindered tangible development.
The presidential aspirant told Obidehyie Ofori Amanfo on Nhyira FM’s ‘Kuro Yi Mu Nsem’ Show that Nana Akufo-Addo’s performance was justifiable against the expectations of the party.
“You dedicate the first year to forming your government and have the next two years to run the nation and further use the final year to prepare, because you might want to come back again for re-election, so you effectively have only two years. What can you do with two years?” he queried.
The presidential aspirant reminded the listeners of the show that Ghana could not always have a leader who would execute 100 percent of all they set out to do every time. He noted that forceful measures were required to make changes in Ghana, but no radical changes could be made within the four years term.
Mr. Nsafoah Opoku, a Director of Gasop Oil Company Limited, supported the call for the Constitution to be amended, saying: “Many have called for a constitutional change, and believe we should consider the call since that is the only way to see development.”
