Featured Speech
7 January 2017
Independence Square (Black Star Square)
Inaugural Address of H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
Verified Transcript
Delivered at Independence Square, Accra, on 7 January 2017, the inaugural address marks the assumption of office as President of the Republic of Ghana following the December 2016 general election. The address gives thanks for a peaceful democratic transition, appeals for national unity beyond partisan division, commits to protecting the public purse and building an enterprise-driven economy, and calls on Ghanaians to be “citizens, not spectators” in national life. It closes with the affirmation of a shared Ghanaian identity, “I am a Ghanaian.”