John Dramani Mahama Officially Assumes Office
Swearing in of the president-elect is over, his Excellency John Dramani Mahama Officially assumes office, let’s focus on his campaign promises and see how it can be delivered.
Mahama’s 120-day action plan and how it can be implemented are in focus.
The swearing-in of His Excellency John Dramani Mahama was a successful event, and African leaders and other foreign dignitaries climaxed the ceremony.
The President of the Republic of Togo, His Excellency Faure Gnassingbe, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and some African leaders have congratulated President Mahama for being elected as Ghana’s president.
In a speech delivered by President Mahama, he assured Ghanaians of prioritizing inclusivity and accountability the citizens want.
He also said the future of Ghanaian youth is his priority
President Mahama pointed out some decisions that he will take in his 120 days in office, he said he will retrieve all looted money from the previous government officials.
President Mahama is Ghana’s 6th president under the 4th republic.
He assured Ghanaians of resetting the country and fulfilling his campaign promises.
The vice president of Ghana her Excellency Prof Jane Nana Opoku Agyeman is the first female president of Ghana and most Ghanaian women describe her as their mouth piece and they also assured that her, women’s Development Bank will be implemented.
Some Ghanaians said they look up to President Mahama to deliver on his campaign promises that will reset the country.
President Mahama also assured Ghanaians that his administration would reset Ghana.
He also urged Ghanaians to unite with other African countries to promote business.
Nigeria’s President his Excellency, Bola Ahmed Tinubu assured President Mahama to partner with him in business that will bring Development between the two countries.
Speech by John Dramani Mahama at the January 7, 2025, Inauguration
The Right Honourable Speaker of Parliament, Honourable Members of Parliament, Her Excellency, the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, Jane Nana Opoku-Agyemang, Leadership, the Chief Justice,
Your Excellency, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and special guest of honour for this occasion, Your Excellencies, Presidents, Heads of Government and Development Agencies, Your Excellency, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Former President, Your Excellency, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Distinguished Invited Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, My Brothers and Sisters, I wish you a good morning, and we give thanks to the Almighty God on this occasion.
Our Father, who art in heaven, we thank you for giving us this day, a day that offers me, Your humble servant, a unique opportunity to work to reset our dear country, Ghana.
32 years ago, on January 7, Ghana made its first and most successful democratic transition, a reset with the swearing-in of the newly democratically elected president, Jerry John Rawlings, of blessed memory.
Our nation was returned to a multi-party democracy with a new constitution that went into effect, and the Fourth Republic was officially established.
I refer to it as a reset because, on that day in 1993, we made our fourth attempt at establishing a democratic system of government with term limits based on free, fair, and transparent elections. The handover of power on January 7, 2001, between former President Jerry John Rawlings and, at the time, the newly elected President John Agyekum Kufuor, tested that reset, and our nation passed with flying colours.
So today, with my induction as the new President of the Republic of Ghana, history is being made once again, and it is a history worth repeating every four years with each newly elected president.
Today, we’re also making a different kind of history, one that speaks to our maturity as a democracy, a nation of citizens enfranchised with the authority at the polls to determine their political future.
Today’s exercise between the outgoing president, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and I feels a bit like déjà vu. That is because eight years ago to this day, on January 7, 2017, we shared this same space and performed this same transitional exercise.
At the time, I was the outgoing president, having served one term, and he was the incoming president, having been given a mandate by the people of Ghana to lead this great nation of ours. He and I both understood on that day, as I’m sure we do today, that it is the people of Ghana that we are elected to serve.
Somehow it seems fitting that it is with Nana Akufo-Addo that I twice shared this stage and this unique historical distinction because Nana Akufo-Addo and I began our national political careers in Parliament in the same year, 1996.
He has always greeted me with a firm handshake and a smile, and he’s perhaps the only person in my life who has persistently chosen to call me Johnny.
While we belong to opposing political parties, we shared a sense of mutual respect. In those early days, we probably could not have imagined that destiny would bring us to the leadership of our respective parties and that we would have to face off three separate times as we each vied for the highest office of the land.
Nana, as this will be our final meeting under these circumstances, and as I look back on the journey we have traveled together, two much younger men entered Parliament together with a full head of black hair, and you with the same bald head and round eyeglasses, I have to say that you have, without exception, been a worthy opponent.
I extend my warmest wishes to His Excellency, the former Vice President, Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia. It was a grueling campaign, and we gave it our all. Your sportsmanship in making an early concession eased tensions and contributed to the early conclusion of the electoral contest. I wish you all the best in your endeavours.
My brothers and sisters, the world in which Ghana exists today as I begin this presidency is not the same world in which we have lived under other presidencies.
There are tensions and conflicts that have not previously existed between nations. These tensions and conflicts place pressure on alliances to decide where we will support.
There is a seismic shift happening within the system of global economic dominance. Whereas the G7 nations—the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan—once provided the highest percentage of the world’s GDP, over the last decade, that number has been steadily dropping. However, the combined total of the GDP of the BRICS nations—Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, UAE—has been consistently increasing.
In 2023, for instance, the G7’s combined total of wealth (GDP) was 30%, but by 2029, that number is predicted to drop to 27%. In 2023, the future for our beloved Ghana, where unity, progress, and equality are not just ideals we aspire to, but our nation’s very fabric.
In closing, I invite you to partner with us on this journey. Together, we can create a brighter future for our beloved Ghana, where unity, progress, and equality are not simply goals we are aiming for, but are the cornerstone of our society. Let’s work hand in hand to foster these values and strengthen our nation for everyone.
My fellow citizens, invited guests, I thank you very much. May God bless our homeland, Ghana, and make our nation great and strong. I thank you”
