Former President John Dramani Mahama has prayed 2023 to open the pathway and bring Ghanaians to the cusp of building a Ghana of opportunities for all and one in which all individual and collective aspirations are achieved.
Ghanaians, he said, have been confronted with unprecedented hardships never seen under this Fourth Republic, which has witnessed Ghana default on her debt obligations due to reckless binge borrowing over the last few years.
“We welcome the new year, 2023, knowing that a journey of austerity and sacrifice is just beginning. But we cannot give up HOPE! We cannot give up on our dear motherland Ghana.”
“As we face the future with fortitude, let us remember the solemn words of the hymnist, Johnson Oatman Jr, when he urges us to Count Our Blessings and Name Them One by One,” part of a New Year message released by Mr. Mahama said.
“We have been fortunate to survive as a nation and are lucky by the grace of the Almighty to be alive to see the dawn of a new year.”
“Once we have the gift of life, which is the most important of all, there is opportunity in the new year to be better versions of ourselves and work even harder towards salvaging our dear nation from the avoidable abyss into which she has been plunged,” he added.
Below is a copy of the message