President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has monitored that not everybody in Ghana believes in democracy being practiced as the system of government.

He said many have shouted for the authoritarian rule to shower growth in the motherland.

“We should not take it for granted that everybody in Ghana has accepted democracy as the preferred mode of governance.

“There are those who would rather have authoritarian rule because they claim our country’s underdevelopment under democracy is cumbersome and we need to get things done in a hurry.

“We still have some work to do to convince such people that we are all safer under democracy,” President Akufo-Addo stressed in a nationwide broadcast on Friday, January 6, 2023.

The broadcast to the nation was to mark three decades of the Fourth Republic, which falls on Saturday, January 7.

On January 7, 1993, Ghana returned to constitutional rule and has since enjoyed the longest spell of democratic government, witnessing eight governments of five different presidents.

President Akufo-Addo stressed that “we have every right to be proud of this record and the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Fourth Republic should inspire us even further to hold on to this status”.

He, therefore, said it is in place for January 7 to be celebrated each year as Constitution Day.