John Dramani Mahama, a former president, has urged Ghanaians to remove the New Patriotic Party (NPP) from power in the general elections of 2024 because of what he calls economic mismanagement and broken promises.

He claims that after pleading with Ghanaians to give him an opportunity to govern, president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has fallen short of expectations.

On a tour of the Bono Region, John Mahama spoke to delegates in Kintampo North and said that Ghanaians could no longer afford a try-and-error leadership style and needed a leader with the necessary experience, track record, and competence.

“Someone begged us to try him and see. We believed him and gave him a chance, but look where we are now.

“He has ruined the economy. Ghanaians are struggling, and the hardship we are facing is unprecedented. We have not seen anything like this in our political history since Kwame Nkrumah’s time,” John Mahama is quoted to have said during his tour.Mahama; former Finance Minister Dr Kwabena Duffuor; former Kumasi Mayor Kojo Bonsu; and businessman Ernest Kwabena Kobeah are expected to compete in the NDC flagbearership election scheduled for May 13, 2023.

John Mahama is currently touring regions accompanied by some national, regional and constituency executives as he campaigns for the party's flagbearership bid.

He launched his campaign on Thursday, March 2, at the University of Health and Allied Sciences in Ho, on the theme: Building the Ghana that We Want Together.”