As Ghanaians reflect on President John Dramani Mahama’s first 100 days in office, it has become painfully clear that the nation has taken a regrettable step backwards. The hope for a renewed, transformed leadership has been shattered. Instead, Ghanaians are witnessing the same old Mahama—unaccountable, extravagant, and directionless—the same leader who left office in 2016 with a legacy of corruption, economic hardship, and policy failure.
Did Ghanaians trade their colour TV for a black-and-white relic? That’s the question echoing across the nation. The past 100 days have exposed not a reformed leader, but the very same Mahama whose tenure from 2013 to 2016 was marked by dumsor, SADA scandals, GYEEDA rot, and hopelessness. Even in opposition between 2017 and 2024, Mahama offered nothing but recycled rhetoric and empty promises.
President Mahama pledged a lean government. Instead, Ghanaians got a bloated setup riddled with unnecessary committees and an army of personal assistants and “special aides” whose only job seems to be duplicating ministerial roles—yet drawing salaries like full cabinet ministers. What happened to the promise of prudent governance?
Worse still is the alarming abuse of executive power. In a shocking display of vindictiveness and disregard for due process, President Mahama orchestrated the suspension of the Chief Justice—not for incompetence or misconduct, but simply for traveling abroad with her husband and daughter. Is this the Ghana of justice and fairness we were promised?
Adding insult to injury, President Mahama’s son has been spotted aboard a presidential jet during official assignments—an outrageous misuse of state resources. What role does he play in government? Ghanaians demand answers!
And what about the illegal dismissals of public servants hired under the Akufo-Addo administration in October 2024? No investigations, no process—just pure political victimization. Is this the democracy we voted for?
Let us not forget the shameful return of illegal mining (galamsey) under Mahama’s watch. This surge in environmental degradation led to the emotional breakdown of his own Minister for Lands and Natural Resources—who cried on national television, overwhelmed by the hypocrisy and incompetence within.
Indeed, Mahama’s first 100 days have been a grand display of 419 politics: flashy on the outside, empty at the core. Ghanaians were promised transformation; what they received is deception.
This is not leadership—it is a rebranded disaster. Ghanaians deserve better. I call on all well-meaning citizens, civil society, the media, and our traditional leaders to rise and demand transparency, accountability, and a return to the values that build nations—not break them.
Ghana cannot afford to relive the nightmare of Mahama’s past. The signs are already clear—the next chapter of Mahama’s administration is not a story of progress, but a tragic repeat of failure.
Signed by
Nana Moses,
Fmr Vice Chairman, NPP China
