President John Mahama has given himself high marks as he packs out of office on January 7, 2017.
Addressing Parliament on Thursday, Mahama told the lawmakers he had “good intention” for Ghana and believes he executed his job diligently.
“I have done my best, given my all,” Mahama opined in his last address to the lawmaking body. He used the occasion to wish incoming president Nana Akufo-Addo well, describing governance as a race where at a point one has to hand over the baton to another.
He added: “As I have said before, I will allow history to be the judge of how I have served our nation, how well I have done my part in running my lap of the relay. What that verdict will ultimately be, I cannot say. I can only say that I have done my best, given my all and done so with the best intentions for my country, our country.”
“Rare privilege”
Mahama described his stay in office as a “rare privilege” as he gets set to pave way for a new administration.
Mahama, the fourth president under the current Fourth Republican constitution, lost woefully in the December 2016 elections. He becomes the first sitting president in the history of Ghana to have lost an election.
Veteran opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo will from January 7, 2017 take over the reigns of governance as the fifth president under the 1992 Constitution, having won the last poll with a wide margin of 1.5 million votes.
He said a lot has been achieved in the various sectors of the economy, especially in the areas of education, energy, sanitation and health among others.
