Paul Adom-Otchere, a Ghanaian Media Personality and host of Metro TV’s Good Evening Ghana, has claimed President John Mahama is grooming Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson.
According to Paul Adom-Otchere, John Mahama is grooming Ato Forson to smash Asiedu Nketia and to succeed him as the NDC flagbearer and President of Ghana.
He argued that President Mahama, who received an invitation to be at the new Benin President’s inauguration, chose Ato Forson to attend instead of the Vice President or the Chief of Staff.
Speaking in one of the episodes of Good Evening Ghana, Paul Adom-Otchere detailed, “President Mahama nailed it. All of this Asiedu Nketia matter happened on Friday, Asiedu Nketia statement, Haruna Iddrisu’s response, it all happened on Friday, but President Mahama nailed it.
On Sunday, when the invitation had come for the Beninua government for the President of Ghana to attend the inauguration of the President of Benin, His Excellency the President John Dramani Mahama decided to send Cassiel Ato Forson to represent him. He is already building Ato Forson for the job. There is Ato Forson margetoically, incoming President of Ghana”.
He further added, “The new president of Benin was also the Finance Minister; he ran for President and won. Who is Ato Forson today Finance Minister? Does he want to run for president? Yes, does he want to win? Yes. If he runs for president, does he mean Asiedu Nketia can also run? No, unless he joins The Base party.
Ato Forson is winning this thing. So President Mahama sends Ato Forson to Benin to represent Ghana. This is a presidential event; if the president cannot come it is the vice president who will go; if he cannot, the Chief of Staff will go. This is President Mahama giving Ato Forson a full presidential red carpet in Benin, preparing him for the job.
Whoa. That’s Cassiel Ato Forson… Viewers, please clap for him… This is the president of Ghana who has then given the opportunity to his finance minister, whom he is grooming, to smash Asiedu Nketiah out of the race to become the NDC flag bearer and then do will fight the election in 2028. If he does not win, he is young. If Dr Bawumia wins, he will serve two terms. After two terms, they will remove you. Ato Forson will run in 2032, that is the plan of John Mahama. Goodnight to Asiedu Nketia for the NDC flagbearership”.
Meanwhile, Paul Adom-Otchere on Accra-based Joy Prime on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, claimed that the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) is planning to elect a flagbearer from the Ashanti Region.
According to Paul Adom-Otchere, an important member of the NDC revealed this to him during a conversation.
Paul Adom-Otchere highlighted that the individual who revealed this to him is currently outside the country.
The veteran journalist asserted that a senior NDC member told him internal discussions are underway regarding the party’s choice of candidate.
Paul Adom-Otchere stressed that the decision by the NDC stems from the NPP electing Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as its flagbearer.
Watch the video below:
It's obvious that president Mahama is grooming Ato Forson to succeed him after he step down, the more reason he sends him on a presidential mission to the Republic of Benin to represent Ghana. — Paul Adom-Otchere pic.twitter.com/l0OogOmslI
— Naasei 😇 (@edwardoseiwusu) May 28, 2026
