Professor H Kwasi Prempeh, the Chair of the Constitution Review Committee, has said the committee could not find a place for a third term for a president.
According to the Chair of the Committee, nobody really seemed to like the idea of a third term.
Presenting the committee reports to President John Mahama on Monday, December 22, Professor H Kwasi Prempeh stated, “We couldn’t find a place for a third term; nobody really seemed to like it, there was really no demand for it”.
He further noted that even the President, John Dramani Mahama, himself was not in favour of it.
According to the chair, the committee mainly focus on improving governance efficiency.
Also, the Constitution Review Committee proposed a one-year extension of Ghana’s presidential term, moving from the current four-year tenure to a five-year term.
Meanwhile, Mahama Ayariga, the Majority Leader in Parliament, has claimed Ghanaians are calling for President John Dramani Mahama to serve a third term due to his excellent performance so far in government.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament on December 19, 2025, Mahama Ayariga noted that Ghanaians will be the ultimate deciders of the future of this country.
The Majority Leader, in his concluding statement as Parliament rises, stated, “I know that due to the very excellent performance so far of John Dramani Mahama, Ghanaians are asking him to seek a third term. I know that because I read on social media, I listen to conversations, and Ghanaians believe that as a result of the good deeds of His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama, they don’t want him to leave the presidency”.
“They believe that a third term is possible, and they are demanding a third term, but John Dramani Mahama has not given any indication that he wants to go for a third term. I have always said that Ghanaians will be the ultimate deciders of the future of this country,” he continued.
He recalled, “Mr Speaker, why do I say that? Next to us in Côte d’Ivoire, the opposition leaders came to me when I was in the ECOWAS parliament and complained that the president there wanted to go for a third term and they were calling on us in West Africa to support them to oppose and prevent the president from going for a third term”.
“So, I asked them, the president who is seeking for a third term, is he going to put a ballot box in front of the citizens and ask them to vote for him to go for a third term, or is he going to wake up early morning and announce that he is continuing for a third term? And they said there will be an election to determine whether or not he should go for a third term. I said go and fight him at that election”, the Majority leader noted.
Mahama Ayariga added, “Mr Speaker, that is why I say that ultimately it will be the constitution, the institutions and the citizens of Ghana who will determine the future of our country. Mr Speaker, your guidance and leadership have ensured that our legislative process, though often cumbersome, was conducted within the bounds of parliamentary decorum and democratic responsibility”.