Presidency of John Mahama

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Incumbent president John Mahama was declared winner of the presidential election with just 50.7% of the vote, a few thousand votes over the threshold for avoiding a run-off election. Nana Akufo-Addo on the other hand received 47.74%. [3] However, the opposition did not accept the results and accused the Electoral Commission (EC) of tampering with the results. [4] The opposition filed a petition at the Ghanaian Supreme Court to review the election results but Mahama was declared as president, winning a full term.

Reaction

The non-partisan Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU) all declared that the elections were, for the most part, free and fair. [5] Despite this, there were still widespread allegations of voting irregularities, though these were dismissed as unsubstantiated by the electoral commission chairman. As a result of these claims, the New Patriotic Party immediately rejected the results upon their release [5] and its candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo, remarked that his party's leaders would be meeting on 11 December to consider their options, one of which is to contest the results by lodging an appeal in court. [6] Violent opposition was however ruled out. [5]

African Union commission chairman Thomas Yayi flew to Ghana to meet with the two men. [5] He was also reported to have congratulated Mahama on his victory, and charged him to preside over an all-inclusive government. [7] Yayi praised the conduct and the participants of the election. [7]

In anticipation of petitions regarding the election, Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood has established two public complaints secretariats to swiftly process such concerns. [8] In a statement after being declared the victor, Mahama gave a reconciliatory message, saying "I wish to welcome my fellow candidates to join me now as partners in the project of nation building and of creating a better Ghana". [9]

Inauguration

Mahama was inaugurated on 7 January 2013. Thirteen African Heads of State, one Prime Minister, two Vice-Presidents and 18 government delegations across the world attended his inaugural ceremony at the Black Star Square in Accra when Mahama was sworn-in to begin his own four-year term. [10] He said in parliament upon being sworn in:

This is the saddest day in our nation's history. Tears have engulfed our nation and we are deeply saddened and distraught and I'm personally devastated, I've lost a father, I've lost a friend, I've lost a mentor and a senior comrade. Ghana is united in grief at this time for our departed president. [11]

Ministers and administration

Initial ministers before the 2012 general election

All the ministers had appointed by President Mills as part of his government. They continued to serve until January 2013 when his term would have ended. The exception was Henry Kamel, who died after the 7 December election but before the formal handover on 7 January 2013. The ministers were advised to stay on as caretaker ministers until new ones had been confirmed in their place.

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Presidency of John Mahama
24 July 2012 –7 January 2017
John Dramani Mahama
Former Cabinet
President John Dramani Mahama 2012 – January 2017
Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur [12] 2012 – January 2017
Cabinet Ministers
Office(s)OfficeholderTerm
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Muhammad Mumuni 2012 – 2013
Minister for the Interior William Kwasi Aboah 2012 – 2013
Minister for Finance and Economic Planning Kwabena Dufuor 2012 – 2013
Minister for Defence Lt. Gen. Joseph Henry Smith 2012 – 2013
Attorney General and Minister for Justice Benjamin Kunbuor 2012 [13] [14] – 2013
Minister for Education Lee Ocran 2012 – 2013
Minister for Food and Agriculture Kwesi Ahwoi 2012 – 2013
Minister for Trade and Industry Hanna Tetteh 2012 – 2013
Minister for Health Alban Bagbin  (MP)2012 – 2013
Minister for Local Government and Rural Development Samuel Kwame Ofosu-Ampofo 2012 – 2013
Minister for Tourism Akua Sena Dansua  (MP)2012 – 2013
Minister for Energy Joe Oteng-Adjei 2012 – 2013
Minister for Transport Collins Dauda  (MP)2012 – 2013
Minister for Roads and Highways Joe Kwashie Gidisu  (MP)2012 – 2013
Minister for Lands and Natural Resources Mike Allen Hammah  (MP)2012 – 2013
Minister for Women and Children's Affairs Juliana Azumah-Mensah  (MP)2012 – 2013
Minister for Communications Haruna Iddrisu 2012 – 2013
Minister for Environment, Science and Technology Sherry Ayitey 2012 – 2013
Minister for Information Fritz Baffour   (MP)2012 – 2013
Minister for Employment and Social Welfare Moses Asaga   (MP)2012 – 2013
Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing Enoch Teye Mensah  (MP)2012 – 2013
Minister for Youth and Sports Clement Kofi Humado  (MP)2012 – 2013
Minister for Chieftaincy and Culture Alexander Asum-Ahensah  (MP)2012 – 2013
Regional Ministers
RegionOfficeholderTerm
Ashanti Region Dr. Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah2012 – 2013
Brong Ahafo Region Kwadwo Nyamekye Marfo2012 – 2013
Central Region Ama Benyiwa-Doe 2012 – 2013
Eastern Region Victor Emmanuel Smith2012 – 2013
Greater Accra Regional Minister Nii Armah Ashitey2012 – 2013
Northern Region Moses Magbenba2012 – 2013
Upper East Region Mark Woyongo   (MP)2012 – 2013
Upper West Region Amin Amidu Sulemana 2012 – 2013
Volta Regional Minister Henry Ford Kamel   (MP)2012 – 25 Dec 2012

Ministers from 2013 to 2017

Current Cabinet
Office(s)OfficeholderTerm
President John Dramani Mahama 2012 – 2017
Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur [12] 2012 – 2017
Cabinet Ministers
Office(s)OfficeholderTerm
Minister for Foreign Affairs Hanna Tetteh   (MP)30 January 2013 – 2017
Minister for the Interior Kwesi Ahwoi 14 February 2013– 16 July 2014
Mark Owen Woyongo  (MP)16 July 2014 – 2017
Minister for Finance and Economic Planning Seth Terkper 30 January 2013 – 2017
Minister for Defence Mark Owen Woyongo  (MP)14 February 2013 – 16 July 2014
Benjamin Kunbuor  (MP)16 July 2014 – 2017
Attorney General and Minister for Justice Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong 14 February 2013 – 2017
Minister for Education Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang 2013 – 2017
Minister for Food and Agriculture Clement Kofi Humado  (MP)30 January 2013 – ?
Fiifi Fiavi Kwetey  (MP)16 July 2014 – 2017
Minister for Trade and Industry Haruna Iddrisu  (MP)14 February 2013 – 16 July 2014
Ekwow Spio-Garbrah 16 July 2014 – 2017
Minister for Health Hanny-Sherry Ayitey 14 February 2013 – 16 July 2014
Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah 16 July 2014 – 14 March 2015
Alex Segbefia 16 March 2015 – 2017
Minister for Information and Media Relations
(merged with Minister for Communications from 16 July 2014)		 Mahama Ayariga  (MP)30 January 2013 – 16 July 2014
(merged with Minister for Communications from 16 July 2014)
Minister for Local Government and Rural Development Akwasi Oppong Fosu   (MP)2013 – 30 May 2014 [15]
Julius Debrah 30 May 2014 – 2017
Collins Dauda
Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts Elizabeth Ofosu-Agyare 14 February 2013 – 2017
Minister for Energy and Petroleum Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah   (MP)14 February 2013 – 2017
Minister for Transport Dzifa Aku Ativor 14 February 2013 – 23 December 2015 [16]
Minister for Roads and Highways Amin Amidu Sulemana   (MP)30 January 2013 – 16 July 2014
Inusah Fuseini  (MP)16 July 2014 – 2017
Minister for Lands and Natural Resources Inusah Fuseini  (MP)30 January 2013 – 16 July 2014
Nii Osah Mills 16 July 2014 – 2017
Minister for Communications Edward Omane Boamah 14 February 2013 – 7 January 2017
Minister for Environment, Science and Technology Joe Oteng-Adjei 2013 – 16 July 2014
Akwasi Oppong Fosu 16 July 2014 – 14 March 2015
Mahama Ayariga   (MP)16 March 2015 – 2017
Minister for Employment and Labour Relations Nii Armah Ashitey  (MP)14 February 2013 – 16 July 2014
Haruna Iddrisu   (MP)16 July 2014 – 2017
Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing Collins Dauda  (MP)30 January 2013 – 14 March 2015
Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah  16 March 2015 – 2017
Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development Nayon Bilijo 14 February 2013 – 16 July 2014
Hanny-Sherry Ayitey 16 July 2014 – 2017
Minister for Youth and Sports Elvis Afriyie Ankrah 14 February 2013 – 16 July 2014
Mahama Ayariga  (MP)16 July 2014 – 14 March 2015
Dr. Mustapha Ahmed 15 March 2015 – 2017
Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection Nana Oye Lithur 2013 – 2017
Minister for Chieftaincy and Traditional Affairs Henry Seidu Daanaa 14 February 2013 – 2017
Minister for Government Business in Parliament Benjamin Kunbuor  (MP)14 February 2013 – 16 July 2014
Alban Bagbin  (MP)16 July 2014 – 2017
Minister for Power Dr. Kwabena Donkor 2014 – 31 December 2015 [17]
Regional Ministers
RegionOfficeholderTerm
Ashanti Regional Minister Samuel Sarpong 14 February 2013 – 11 March 2013
Eric Opoku 11 March 2013 – 16 July 2014
Samuel Sarpong 16 July 2014 – 14 March 2015
Peter Anarfi-Mensah 16 March 2015 – 2017
Brong Ahafo Region Eric Opoku 14 February 2013 – 11 March 2013
Paul Evans Aidoo  (MP)11 March 2013 – 16 July 2014
Eric Opoku 16 July 2014 – 2017
Central Region Ebenezer Kwadwo Teye Addo 2013 – 11 March 2013
Samuel Sarpong 11 March 2013 – 16 July 2014
Aquinas Quansah  (MP)16 July 2014 – January 2016
Kweku George Ricketts-Hagan  (MP)January 2016 – 2017
Eastern Region Julius Debrah 2013 – 11 March 2013
Helen Ntoso 11 March 2013 – 16 July 2014
Antwi Boasiako Sekyere 16 July 2014 – 2017
Greater Accra Regional Minister Joshua Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo   (MP)14 February 2013 – 11 March 2013
Julius Debrah 11 March 2013 – 16 July 2014
Joshua Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo   (MP)16 July 2014 – 2017
Northern Region Moses Bukari Mabengba (acting) [18] 7 January 2013 – 11 March 2013
Bede Anwataazumo Ziedeng 11 March 2013 – 16 July 2014
Limuna Mohammed Muniru 16 July 2014 – January 2017
Upper East Region Ephraim Avea Nsoh 2013 – 11 March 2013
Limuna Mohammed Muniru
(acting minister)		11 March 2013– 16 July 2014
James Zooglah Tiigah 16 July 2014 – January 2017
Upper West Region Bede Anwataazumo Ziedeng 2013 – 11 March 2013
Ephraim Avea Nsoh 11 March 2013 – 16 July 2014
Amin Amidu Sulemana  (MP)16 July 2014 – January 2017
Volta Regional Minister Helen Ntoso 2013 – 11 March 2013
Joshua Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo 11 March 2013 – 16 July 2014
Helen Ntoso 16 July 2014 – January 2017
Western Region Paul Evans Aidoo  (MP)14 February 2013 – 11 March 2013
Ebenezer Kwadwo Teye Addo 11 March 2013 – 16 July 2014
Paul Evans Aidoo  (MP)16 July 2014 – January 2017

Policy

National affairs

Dumsor

Dumsor is the frequent, persistent and irregular system of electrical power outage in Ghana. The frequent Ghanaian blackouts are caused by power supply shortage. Ghanaian generating capacity by 2015 was 400-600 megawatts less than what Ghana needed. [19] Ghanaian electricity distributors regularly shed load with rolling blackouts. [20] At the beginning of 2015, the dumsor schedule went from 24 hours with light and 12 without to 12 hours with light and 24 without. [21] [22] In August 2012, the government told Ghanaians that a ship's anchor cut the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP), forcing gas turbines to shut down for lack of fuel. [20] [23] [24] The Mahama government blamed it on the government's inability to add significant generating capacity over the years and promised to fix this. Karpower Burge was brought in to solve the problem. [25] The government stated that it has plans to diversify its energy sources, using more renewables. It was also working to encourage energy conservation. [20]

The Ghanaian Ministry of Power was created in November 2014, using the same staff as the continuing Ghanaian Ministry of Energy in response to dumsor. [26]

Infrastructure

Mahama began the first phase of the Kejetia Central Market in 2015 and was valued at a cost of US$259,425,000. [27] Upon completion, it was the largest single market in West Africa. [28] In 2015, he cut the sod for the construction of the Ho Airport which is the first airport in the Volta Region. [29] Construction of the Terminal 3 at the Kotoka International Airport began on 1 March 2016. The project was financed by the Ghana Airports Company Limited at the cost of $250 million. Turkish company, MAPA constructions and Trade Company, was the main contractor. The sold cutting was done by President John Mahama and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with the latter on a state visit to Ghana. [30] The new terminal was completed in 2018 by the subsequent administration. On 14 November 2016 the president officially opened the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange to traffic. [31]

International relations

Burkina Faso

On 3 November 2014, he led an ECOWAS delegation to Burkina Faso in response to the 2014 Burkinabé uprising. The delegation which included the Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and Senegalese leader Macky Sall, saw to mediate the crisis and seek an interim leader. [32] Mahama stated that with election due next year, an interim administration could lead the country into the scheduled date with the interim administration ineligible to stand; he was supported by Sall and Jonathan. [32]

In 2015, Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Togo signed a pact to increase relations between the three neighboring countries. The three nations agreed to ease of movement between them to work together on issues of education, health, and agriculture. The agreement also calls for the discouraging of forced marriages within all three countries, as well as tackling petroleum smuggling operations and other cross-border criminal activities that have hurt the sister countries. [33]

Iran

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Ali Khamenei receives John Mahama

The Islamic Republic of Iran and the 6th President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met with John Dramani Mahama on 16 April 2013 to hold discussions with the president on strengthening the Non-Aligned Movement. There was also a bilateral meeting between Ghana and Iran at the Ghanaian presidential palace, the Jubilee House. [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] The Government of Ghana was reciprocated with an official state visit on 5 August 2013 by the Vice-President of Ghana, Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, who met with the Vice-President of Iran, Eshaq Jahangiri on the basis of autarky and possible bilateral trade at the Islamic Republic of Iran's presidential palace, Sa'dabad Palace.[ citation needed ]

Mali

John Mahama approved of logistical support by the Ghana Air Force to MINUSMA as Ghana participated in the Mali Civil War. The Ghana Aviation Unit provided the peacekeeping force with one C-295 which served as the sole permanent fixed-wing air support capacity of MINUSMA. [39]

Multilateral relations

On 30 August 2014, the Ghanaian presidency officially announced of the use of Accra as a logistics and coordination center for the airlift of supplies and personnel to countries affected by the Western African Ebola virus epidemic. The decision came into fruition after a telephonic meeting with the United Nations chief, Ban Ki-moon and president Mahama. [40] The "National Preparedness and Response Plan for Prevention and Control of Ebola" was implemented by the government in readiness for an outbreak. This helped to build and strengthen systems in preparation for any future epidemic, or pandemic. [41] Accra became the designated base for UNMEER. [42]

Controversy

Corruption allegations

It was revealed in 2016 that Mahama accepted a Ford Expedition from a construction firm bidding for a lucrative government contract in 2012, while he was serving as vice president. The Burkinabe contractor who had previously constructed a wall at the Ghanaian Embassy in Ouagadougou was at the time looking to get a road-building contract in Ghana's Volta region; this contractor later secured the contract but the vehicle left by the ex president for Government use. [43] [44] Under Mahama's presidency in 2014, massive corruption was discovered at Ghana's Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA). The authority had misappropriated millions of dollars allocated to it. SADA paid GH₵32,498,000 to ACICL, a business owned by Ghana's Roland Agambire, Mahama's close confidante, to plant five million trees in the savannah zone, but could only account for about 700,000 trees. It was also discovered that SADA spent GH¢15 million on guinea fowl, but could only account for a few of the birds. [45] [46] In 2015 it was again discovered that the contract for the rebranding of 116 Metro Mass Transit (MMT) buses at a cost of Gh₵3,600,000 was sole sourced and awarded to a company named "Smarttys," owned by a member of the ruling NDC activist Selassie Ibrahim. It was revealed that the rebranding of the buses cost the government Gh₵3,600,000 which at the time was more than the cost of the 116 buses. [47]

Re-election

Green denotes provinces won by Mahama, and Blue denotes those won by Akufo-Addo. Ghana 2016 Election Regional Results Map.svg
Green denotes provinces won by Mahama, and Blue denotes those won by Akufo-Addo.

John Mahama represented the National Democratic Congress (NDC) whiles Akufo-Addo was chosen once again as the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party during the 2016 general elections. On his third time representing the New Patriotic Party, Akufo-Addo defeated John Dramani Mahama in the first round (winning with 53.85% of the votes), which marked the first time in a Ghanaian presidential election that an opposition candidate won a majority outright in the first round. [48]

Coinciding parliamentary elections

The election of Members of Parliament (MPs) to the 7th Parliament of the Fourth Republic was held on 7 December 2016. [49] The Speaker is not an elected member of parliament though he/she is qualified to stand for election as such. There are a total of 275 constituencies in Ghana. 45 new constituencies were created prior to the 2012 election. The 7th Parliament had its first sitting on Sunday 7 January 2017 shortly after midnight [50] to elect a Speaker and Deputy Speakers as well as for the administration of oaths to the Speaker and Members of Parliament. Results from 238 constituencies are shown in the table below. [51]

AffiliationMembers
New Patriotic Party (NPP) 169
National Democratic Congress (NDC) 106
 Total275
 Government Majority

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