John Mahama on The Tradewinds Brief

Mahama Inspects Akosombo-Gyakiti Road and Promises Akwamu Communities Accelerated Development — the Politics of Showing Up Where Previous Governments Did Not

Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

President John Mahama’s inspection of the Akosombo-Gyakiti road, accompanied by an assurance of accelerated development for the Akwamu communities the road serves, is the kind of presidential travel that distinguishes the current NDC administration from the political grammar that preceded it. Mahama has been deliberately visible in rural and peri-urban Ghana since taking office, and the Akwamu visit is consistent with the broader political theory of his return to the presidency.

Mahama's Big Day: Constitutional Review Decision, West Africa's First PET-CT, and 300 Ghanaians Coming Home from South Africa

Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

President John Mahama is chairing a special Cabinet meeting today, May 14, to decide the government’s official position on the Constitutional Review Committee’s recommendations — closing out a process that has been working through the Attorney General’s office for months. Government spokesperson Felix Kwakye Ofosu confirmed the draft position paper is ready; what emerges from Cabinet today will be the formal framing of any constitutional amendments the Mahama administration intends to push.