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John Ababio Mahama Takes Over From Akufo Addo As Ghana’s Next President, Insists On Resetting Ghana:
As Ghana’s sixth president of the Fourth Republic, John Dramani Mahama of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has formally assumed power by taking the presidential and oath of loyalty.
Gertrude Torkonoo, Ghana’s Chief Justice, administered his oath of office on Monday, January 7, 2025, in parliament at Accra’s Black Star Square.
He was sworn in after Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, the first female vice president of Ghana, who also took the oath of office and the vice presidential oath.
In addition to being the fourth president of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, Mr. John Mahama held the position from January 7, 2013, until January 6, 2017.
He is the first president of Ghana under the Fourth Republic to lose an election and then win a landslide victory in two subsequent elections to retake the office.
Mr. John Mahama, who was born in Damongo, in what is now the Savannah Region of Ghana, 66 years ago to Mr. E. A. Mahama and Madam Abiba Nnaba, has held positions in every political office.
He served as President of the Republic of Ghana, Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, Deputy Minister of Communications, and Member of Parliament for the Bole-Bamboi Constituency.
By:Justice Baffour Awuah
