THE MOTHER OF ALL MOTHERS
Dr. Valerie Sawyerr – The Woman Behind the Wheels, Wings and Willpower of the NDC
“The African woman does not just nurture her children—she raises empires. And in Dr. Valerie Sawyerr, the NDC found its iron mother clothed in velvet.”
— Bismarck Kwesi Davis
A Mother’s Day National Tribute to the Woman Who Mothers a Movement
In the colourful corridors of Ghanaian politics, few names evoke the kind of reverence, warmth, and unmatched loyalty as Dr. Valerie Sawyerr — Senior Presidential Advisor, unshakeable matriarch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), and the silent engine behind Ghana’s most talked-about political campaign success.
On this special Mother’s Day, the NDC family and the nation at large rise in unified admiration to honour the Mother of All Mothers, the woman whose vision, logistics, and love have fuelled the party’s grassroots to presidential heights.
Architect of the 120-Day Performance Era
As Chairperson of the 120-Day Social Contract Implementation Council, Dr. Valerie didn’t just help write the strategy — she chaired the execution, ensuring the NDC’s ambitious promises didn’t remain ink on paper.
Every community outreach, every youth employment plan, and every women’s empowerment workshop bore her signature influence. With meticulous brilliance, she converted ideas into action and political promises into purpose.
She Didn’t Just Support—She Supplied a Nation
“Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.”
Proverbs 31:29 (NIV)
Behind every vote was a volunteer. Behind every volunteer was Dr. Valerie’s hand. In what has been described by insiders as “the most selfless political logistics operation since the Fourth Republic began,” Dr. Sawyerr led from the shadows, delivering vehicles, cash, food, fuel, counsel and care across the 16 regions of Ghana.
Her contributions include:
Buses. Pickups. Motorbikes. Bicycles.
Banners. Posters. Umbrellas. Aprons. T-shirts.
Stationery. Collation materials. Food. Water. Logistics.
Motivational support, conflict resolution, and advisory leadership.
These weren’t donations for show. They were investments into a dream — the rebirth of the Ghanaian social contract, orchestrated through John Dramani Mahama’s second coming.
The Story of a Nation’s Mother in Motion
When the history of Ghana’s political revival under the leadership of H.E. John Dramani Mahama is written in golden ink, one name shall be etched across every chapter with warmth, resilience, and fire — Dr. Valerie Sawyerr.
She is not just an advisor. She is not just a strategist. She is the heartbeat of unity. The mother of all mothers. The woman who fed the soul of a party and watered the seeds of a people’s hope.
In the corridors of campaign halls and at the grassroots of distant constituencies, her touch was felt — not in noise, but in nurturing. Not in fanfare, but in fierce loyalty. From brand new buses and pickups to motorbikes, umbrellas, posters, aprons, food, water, and fuel, Dr. Sawyerr delivered logistics across all 16 regions like a mother sending off her children with blessings and provisions.
In a time when many leaders folded their arms, she opened her hands — and her heart.
The Women Who Build the Nation
This tribute extends beyond one phenomenal woman. We raise our collective voice to honour the great mothers of the NDC and of Ghana, who carry the nation on their backs and yet still find time to shape destinies:
H.E. Mrs. Lordina Mahama, First Lady of Ghana – a compassionate matron of care and purpose.
H.E. Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, Vice President of Ghana – the conscience of the Republic.
Hon. Dr. Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, Minister for Gender – a defender of dignity and progress.
Hon. Joyce Bawah Mogtari, Presidency – the mind behind quiet mastery.
Mrs. Victoria Kuma-Minta, NEC Executive – the silent strategist.
Felicia Bortey, School Feeding Programme – ensuring our children are fed with dignity.
Cecilia Ayiku, Grassroots Warrior – lighting fires in hearts from the hinterlands to the hubs.
AMB. Molly Anim Addo, Council of State – Ghana’s woman of protocol and purpose.
Dr. Hoffman (SSNIT), national pillar of women’s resilience.
To all constituency, regional, and branch women organisers, female government appointees including Parliamentarians, and every woman who wakes up with Ghana on her heart — we say Ayekoo.
A Story Written in Laughter and Loyalty
Dr. Valerie is not just logistics and law. She is laughter at dawn with polling station women. She is the deep voice that says, “Let’s fix this,” when others are silent. She is the party mother who dances at rallies and whispers courage to the broken.
A Greater Accra woman organiser jokingly said:
“Mother Valerie can send you from Tema to Tamale without a fuel coupon — but you’ll still go, because it’s Mother asking.”
She leads with such grace that even humour stands at attention.
A National Salute and a Continental Declaration
To the world and to Africa, we say: Look here — Ghana has a woman who defines what it means to lead from the womb of wisdom.
She is not just a presidential advisor.
She is not just a party elder.
She is the Mother of a Movement.
She mothers the manifesto.
She mothers the grassroots.
And on this day, she mothers the soul of Ghana’s political rebirth.
In Her Honour, In Her Glory
“She gave us more than logistics; she gave us belief.
She gave us more than buses; she gave us direction.
She gave us more than words; she gave us works.”
— Bismarck Kwesi Davis
So to Dr. Valerie Sawyerr, and to every woman who gives without applause, this one’s for you.
Happy Mother’s Day — from the sons, daughters, and destiny-builders of Ghana.
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