President Nana Akufo-Addo delivered his final State of the Nation Address on January 3, 2025, marking his last official communication before the dissolution of the 8th Parliament. Here is the full Speech: MESSAGE ON THE STATE OF THE NATION ON THE DISSOLUTION OF THE 8 TH PARLIAMENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO. Mr Speaker, As my constitutionally mandated period as President of our country nears its very end, I come before the august House to perform my last official public duty.
I am grateful for the opportunity to give an accounting of my time in office, spell out the highlights of the state of our nation, and place on record the Ghana I am handing over to my successor. In accordance with protocol and convention, it is good to see that my wife, First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, Second Lady Samira Bawumia, President-Elect John Dramani Mahama, incoming First Lady Lordina Mahama, Vice President-Elect Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang, Spouse of Mr. Speaker, Alban Sumana Bagbin, Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, and Justices of the Supreme Court, Chairperson Nana Otuo Siriboe II and Members of the Council of State, Chief of Staff at the Office of the President, Hon.
Akosua Frema Osei Opare, and officials of the presidency, Secretary to the Cabinet, Ambassador Mercy Debrah-Karikari, Chief of Defence Staff of the Armed Forces, Lt. General Thomas Oppong-Peprah, the Inspector General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, and the .