Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Spokesperson to the President, has announced that President John Mahama will on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, host a Presidential Media Encounter at The Presidency.
According to the statement issued by Felix Kwakye, the event will begin at 8:00 pm.
Felix Kwakye’s statement read, “President John Dramani Mahama will host a Presidential Media Encounter on Wednesday, 10th September 2025. The Event is scheduled to take place at The Presidency at 8:00 pm
The encounter will provide a unique platform for President Mahama to engage the Ghanaiar people, through the media, on pressing national issues, his Resetting Ghana Agenda, policies and ongoing projects.
It will also offer an opportunity for journalists to pose questions directly to the President on a wide range of subjects affecting the nation”.
The statement emphasised that participation will be strictly by accreditation”.
“The Presidency looks forward to a productive and engaging session with the media”, the statement concluded.
In related news, President John Dramani Mahama has submitted an investigative report on violence recorded during the 2020 and 2024 general elections to the Attorney General.
John Mahama stated, “Last week, I received the investigative report on the two incidents. It details and catalogues everyone affected by the violence and the circumstances that led to it.
We have handed it over to the Attorney General. The Attorney General will review it and, where necessary, hold people accountable and bring them to justice.”
Mahama disclosed this when the leadership of the Ghana Journalists Association paid a courtesy call on him at the Jubilee House.
He further added that the Attorney General will determine adequate compensation for victims of the violence.
“What is the adequate compensation we can give to people like that?” he quizzed.
Meanwhile, President John Dramani Mahama has boldly declarated that he will not be a candidate in Ghana’s next elections.
According to John Mahama, stepping aside in 2028 would give him the moral authority to hold the line when it comes to Ghana’s fiscal discipline in an election year.
Mahama, during a bilateral discussion with Singaporean President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, criticised the practice of incumbent governments by-passing fiscal safeguards to curry favour with voters, a cycle he will end.
“I will not be a candidate in the next elections and therefore I can hold the line when it comes to fiscal discipline,” he said.
John Mahama’s declaration finally put an end to the growing speculation that he may seek another term in 2028.
Additionally, President John Mahama’s dismissal of the Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo, from office will definitely be raised during his engagement with the media.
John Mahama sacked Justice Getrude Torkornoo with immediate effect, after he received a first report from the five-member committee he constituted to investigate three petitions brought against the Chief Justice.
Hours after President Mahama received the committee reports, Chief Justice Torkornoo was sacked with immediate effect.
A statement from the presidency stated, “President John Dramani Mahama has, in accordance with Article 146(9) of the 1992 Constitution, removed the Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo, from office with immediate effect”.
“This follows receipt of the report of the Committee constituted under Article 146(6) to inquire into a petition submitted by a Ghanaian citizen, Mr. Daniel Ofori. After considering the petition and the evidence, the Committee found that the grounds of stated misbehaviour under Article 146(1) had been established and recommended her removal from office.
“Under Article 146(9), the President is required to act in accordance with the Committee’s recommendation,” the statement concluded.
A leaked document on social media concluded that Justice Torkornoo had engaged in conduct amounting to “stated misbehaviour” under Article 146(1).
The Key finding read, “Unlawful expenditure of public funds: The committee held that the Chief Justice caused the Judicial Service to pay travel expenses for her husband and daughter during private holiday trips in 2023, including per diem allowances. This, the report stated, was an “avoidable and reckless dissipation of public funds.”
Abuse of discretionary power: The committee found that her handling of the transfer of one Mr. Baiden breached Article 296(a) and (b) of the Constitution, describing the act as misbehaviour.
Interference in judicial appointments: The report also noted that she sought to bypass the established process for nominating Justices of the Supreme Court, contrary to precedent set in the Ghana Bar Association case. The committee concluded this amounted to misbehaviour”.
The committee subsequently recommended her removal in accordance with Article 146(7). President Mahama, bound by Article 146(9), which makes the President’s action mandatory once such a recommendation is made, formally removed Justice Torkornoo by Warrant of Removal under the Presidential Seal.
In addition, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, the most senior Supreme Court judge, was appointed by President Mahama to act as Chief Justice during the investigation process.
President Mahama is now expected to name former Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo’s successor in the coming days.
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President Mahama to hold first media encounter of his second term. pic.twitter.com/WyVsbojMLM
— Felix Kwakye Ofosu (@FelixKwakyeOfo1) September 8, 2025