Asiedu Nketia, the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has expressed his fears over the third term call for President John Dramani Mahama.
According to Asiedu Nketia, the call for a third term for President Mahama by some Ghanaians is a very dangerous agenda which could have serious implications.
Speaking in an interview on Ambassadors TV on August 1, 2026, Asiedu Nketia stated, “Third term agenda, that subject is not something small that we should be joking with. But the way Ghanaians are debating about it, it has become personalities. They have made it as if those who want a third term want Mahama and those who do not hate him. It is a very dangerous agenda.
The NPP have also started saying that it is because of Mahama’s third-term agenda that is why some things are being done. They are trying to force it into a campaign message”.
He further added, “Even President Mahama, whom you are talking about, has already stated he is not interested, so if the person is not interested, why are you going to court. When you listen to some Pastors, my name has even been mentioned, claiming that if I want to stand for presidential election, no one can beat me unless Mahama’s third term agenda. I should not speak about it; otherwise, Mahama will use anger to go and support another candidate. I have not said anywhere that I will contest or not, and they are saying that”.
Ghanaians have accepted that President Mahama is truthful; he is not like Bawumia, so when he speaks, he means it. Looking at the Pastors’ prophecy, it means Mahama is not truthful, and Mahama is preparing to contest even with what he has been saying in public, so if I speak about the third term, he would then be angry, is that not?”
Asiedu Nketia added, “Third term or no term, the issue is that when the constitution was written, they brought in a term limit because we wanted our democracy to stand. So when we went to the consultative assembly, we took the constitution from the last governor’s time and Kwame Nkrumah’s constitution and the other ones to find out what caused our democracy not to stand. That is why this constitution has stood the test of time and is now 30 years old. One was the term limit”.
Meanwhile, a New Patriotic Party (NPP) communications team member, Atick Yakubu, has claimed that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, would be President John Dramani Mahama’s biggest opposition to his pursuit of a third term in office.
According to the NPP man, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah would be the leading voice against any attempt by President Mahama to pursue a third term in office.
He alleged that Asiedu Nketiah would strongly challenge any decision by President Mahama to seek an extension of his presidency beyond the constitutional two-term limit.
Speaking on a panel discussion on Joy Prime TV, Yakubu stated, “If President Mahama decides to go for a third term, his biggest opposition will come from his own party. It will come from his own party because we have the national chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, moving around for the past year…Asiedu Nketia will pipe it out”.
However, 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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“The call for a third term for President Mahama by some Ghanaians is a very dangerous agenda.”
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