The NDC General Secretary says Ghanaians should not expect President John Mahama to achieve perfection in just four months after inheriting what he described as a “broken and soulless nation” from the Akufo-Addo administration.

Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, speaking on PM Express on Tuesday, May 13, said the NDC came into office not just to govern, but to repair the deep moral and economic damage left behind by the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).

“We do not expect to achieve excellence in four months,” Mr Kwetey said, pushing back against rising criticism of the government’s pace.

“First of all, you must appreciate that we are taking over a country that is not in a very good place—and that is not just being political.”

The Ketu South MP described the country under Akufo-Addo as a place that didn’t just suffer economic decline, but something more corrosive.

“We’re talking about a country that’s gone through what I call eight years of moral decadence. You cannot have gone through eight years of such soulless leadership, as we have seen in an Akufo-Addo government, and expect that within a matter of four months, everything is going to just be excellent.”

When host Evans Mensah reminded him that the NDC itself set a 120-day target for results, Mr. Kwetey responded that “Ultimately, what matters more is what Ghanaians feel."

“I think the people of Ghana feel confident that they have a leadership that is not perfect, but a leadership that is determined to ensure that it does far better than what we have seen over the last eight years.”

He said the real measure of the government’s success isn’t abstract timelines or campaign promises, but the faith of ordinary Ghanaians.

“Not just in terms of the character of the leadership, but in terms of the desire to accomplish something for the country,” he said. “Not to spend all the time lamenting over the past, but try to fix the problem.”

Mr. Kwetey insisted that the current government is not repeating the mistakes of the NPP.

“It’s a leadership that you can clearly see is laying foundations and sowing seeds that will bring about a transformation of the economy,” he said. “And generally, it’s a leadership that wasn’t there before.”

He framed the challenge not as one of optics or political messaging but as a long-term project that demands patience and trust.

The new government, he said, is focused on deep reforms, not flashy results.

“We are not here to play to the gallery,” he said. “We are here to restore the very soul of the country, which was crushed by an administration that lost its moral compass.”

For Fifi Kwetey, the road to national recovery will be hard, and it will take more than four months—but what matters now is that the country is finally on the right path.