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born 1958 Ghana
John Dramani Mahama (born 29 November 1958) is a Ghanaian politician who has been the President of Ghana since January 2025. A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), he previously served as president from 24 July 2012 to 7 January 2017.
Also known as: John Dramani Mahama
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A true leader is not measured by the number of followers he has, but by the number of leaders he creates.
You must let others praise you instead of praising yourself.
You don’t need a debate to answer my five simple questions.
I’m clear in my mind what has to be done to halt increase in prices of food.
When you stop sleeping, you'll hear clearly my position on Free SHS.
We are enjoying in Africa what I call the democracy dividend. The progress we are seeing, economic development are all part of the dividend of good governance, respect for human rights, rule of law.
Ghana is bleeding. Ghana's soul is crying for change! Mother Ghana is crying for its true and genuine patriotic citizens to rise to reset our beloved nation.
No race is superior. No nation is inferior. No child's life is worth less because of the language they speak, the faith they profess, the colour of their skin, or the land of their birth.
We’ve requested further discussions with the IMF, as we were not part of the negotiations for this programme. We need to ensure that we are all aligned in terms of its implementation.
This election is about the economy, stupid. It is not about all those other useless things about who built how many compost plants.
Next NDC administration will create a Western Industrial enclave.
I will not elevate Bawumia to my level by debating him. He should go and debate the people of Ghana and apologize to them. I know my level.
If you resort to violence, it is the same people you are coming to govern. and so, I don't think that even a single drop of any Ghanaian blood is worth political power or coming into office.
We are in the midst of change. And change can often feel uncomfortable, especially as it pulls us away from the systems and practices with which we have become familiar, but are no longer serving our needs efficiently.
I am still a socialist. I am a left-of-center politician. I believe that in Africa, if you see the poverty around us, you can't afford to be anything else.
We have the experience to deliver.
We shall train 1 million Coding Professionals with in-demand digital skills
By God’s grace, we picked number 8. So, some people say they are going to break the 8. The eight is with me, let them come and break the eight and let me see
I have seen more demonstrations and strikes in my first two years. I don't think it can get worse. It is said that when you kill a goat and you frighten it with a knife, it doesn't fear the knife because it is dead already.
We must flip the coin from competition to cooperation, we need cooperation to build a better Ghana and NDC. I am, therefore calling for cooperation among all elected parliamentary candidates and your aspirants and supporters.
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