A Group calling itself Ghanaians for Progress (GHAPRO) has urged President John Dramani Mahama to reconsider his decision not to contest again and to make himself available to seek a fresh mandate in 2028.
According to GHAPRO, under Mahama’s leadership in the last one year and eight months, Ghana has witnessed a deliberate and determined effort to reset our economy and stabilise it towards investor confidence.
The group argued that President Mahama has demonstrated exceptional capacity, adding that a nation in the middle of vital economic progress and Institutional reforms cannot afford an abrupt disruption in leadership momentum.
Speaking during a press conference, the spokesperson for Ghanaians for progress(GHAPRO) stated, “We stand here today to talk about the future of our great nation. Ghana needs strong and steady leadership to grow. We are here to address a matter of critical national importance concerning the future and stability, economic recovery, and developmental trajectory of our great nation.
We stand at a crucial crossroads where the choice we make today will shape our path for decades to come. Under the visionary leadership of President Mahama for the past one year and eight months, we have witnessed a deliberate and determined effort to reset our economy and stabilise it towards investor confidence”.
They further added, “We know the immense public discourse, the legal and constitutional debate currently active across the country regarding the presidential term limit. We deeply respect the foundational laws of our republic; we believe that the Supreme Law exists to serve the welfare and survival of the people.
When a leader demonstrates exceptional capacity, as John Mahama has done, the citizenry holds a moral duty to reevaluate. A nation in the middle of vital economic progress and Institutional reforms cannot afford an abrupt disruption in leadership momentum.
This is our direct appeal to the President and the citizens of Ghana and, by extension, Asanteman. We are using this platform to officially and passionately call on His Excellency the President to reconsider his prior thought of stepping down to make himself available to seek a fresh mandate from the people in 2028”.
They further urged citizens, youths, traditional leaders, and Civil Society Organisations to rise above partisan divide and rally behind their patriotic call for Mahama’s continuity and stability to finish the work he has begun.
Also, the group argued that the 1992 constitution limiting a president to two terms is old and unhelpful to Ghana’s current progress.
GHAPRO called for that portion of the 1992 Constitution to be challenged in court.
“The 1992 constitution has a rule limiting a president to two terms; this law stops a good leader from finishing the good agenda started. This rule is old and unhelpful to our current progress and must be challenged in court to be changed”, they added.
However, a poll conducted by the Executive Director of Global InfoAnalytics, Mussa Dankwah, has revealed that 65% of Ghanaian voters back President John Mahama’s decision not to seek a third term.
The poll released on Monday, July 27, 2026 and shared revealed that 65% of voters back President Mahama’s decision not to seek a third term, while 27% disagree and 8% have no opinion.
Meanwhile, President John Dramani Mahama has bluntly rejected calls for a third presidential term, insisting that his position is clear and will not change.
According to John Mahama, the Supreme Court case on Presidential term limits is not his business.
Mahama disclosed that he believes the constitutional provision governing presidential tenure is clear, following a legal action seeking the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the two-term limit for presidents.
Speaking during the Reset Tour and citizens’ engagement in the Volta Region on Friday, July 17, President Mahama stated, “Let me be very clear. The Constitution is not ambiguous. It is exactly what it says”.
“I have read Article 66 over and over. A president is limited to two terms. Full stop. Those who have gone to the Supreme Court are free to do so. That is their right. But my position is clear, and it will not change.”
He added, “I know that people have gone to the Supreme Court seeking interpretation of the clause that governs the tenure of the president. If you ask my personal opinion, I thought that it was clear enough. I’ve read it over several times; it’s exactly what it says, but if they want to ask the Supreme Court, that is their business”.
“The people of Ghana gave me a mandate for one term. And I am working hard to meet the promises I made them,” he said.
Mahama added that he has urged his ministers to work with urgency to ensure the government fulfils its commitments.
“I always tell my ministers, I say let’s number our days, so that we can work harder to meet the promises we made the Ghanaian people,” he said.
President Mahama added, “But I know that the people of Ghana gave me one additional term, and I’m going to work to meet the trust that they put in me”.
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