President John Dramani Mahama has firmly ruled out any intention to contest the 2028 presidential election, pledging to fully respect Ghana’s constitutional two-term limit.
Speaking during bilateral talks with Singaporean President Tharman Shanmugaratnam on the second day of his three-day state visit, President Mahama emphasized that choosing not to seek a third term would allow him to enforce strict fiscal discipline, free from the pressure of election-year spending.
“The temptation to loosen financial rules to win elections is one of the biggest challenges in African governance,” Mahama noted, highlighting his administration’s progress in reducing inflation, lowering interest rates, and stabilizing the cedi.
His comments serve as a direct rebuttal to opposition claims suggesting he may attempt to extend his tenure beyond the constitutionally mandated limit.
Backing Mahama’s position, NDC National Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketiah also reaffirmed that the National Democratic Congress has no plans to field the President for a third term. He stressed the party’s commitment to Ghana’s constitutional order.
“We have never run our party in defiance of the national constitution, and we don’t intend to start now,” Asiedu Nketiah stated in an interview on Channel One TV’s Face to Face on Tuesday, August 26. “We are fully committed to democratic governance and term limits.”
The affirmation from both the President and the NDC leadership appears aimed at ending ongoing speculation about Mahama’s political future as the party begins looking toward its post-2028 leadership.
