Parliament House was turned into a singing competition by the two caucuses earlier today after the delivery of President, John Dramani Mahama’s State of the Nation address.
Following the President’s speech, the NDC caucus started singing the ’24 hour economy’ song to praise President Mahama.
The NPP caucus, not to be outdone, also chimed in with their own version of the song, in which they changed some of the lyrics to claim Mahama had brought back dumsor.
The situation led to duelling chants from the two caucuses and video of the moment hit social media, sparking hilarious reactions.
Social media users dragged the NPP for turning Parliament house into a circus, with one user writing: “This is how they would stay in opposition for about 20years,”
Another wrote: “Gyimiii sei aaa na 4 years aba then a change will come and continue the fooling,”
The issue of dumsor (or intermittent power cuts) have been a big one in Ghana since 2012, when the first Mahama administration was bedeviled with the worst power crisis in history.
On the back of that crisis, which bred economic instablity, the NPP won power in 2016, but lost to Mahama in 2024 after two terms of ruling. Ghana has recently been hit with dumsor once again and while the NDC blame the NPP for leaving a crippled power sector, the NPP counter that they left power with the lights on and Mahama should also keep it on.
President Mahama’s State of the Nation Address saw the President listing many promises including free tertiary education for disabled citizenry and training of youth in okada riding to tackle unemployment.