Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the Minister of Government Communication, has disclosed that the Controller and Accountant-General has deducted and transferred a total of GHS 6.1 million from President John Mahama’s salary donation and appointee contributions to the Ghana Medical Trust Fund (MahamaCares).
In a post shared on X, Felix Kwakye Ofosu wrote, “At the launch of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund (Mahama Cares) last year, President Mahama pledged to donate six months of his salary to the Fund.
Subsequently, he encouraged his appointees to donate one month’s salary each to the Fund.
He then ordered appointees who defaulted on his first deadline for Asset declaration to forfeit three months’ salary to be donated to the Fund.
The Controller and Accountant- General has formally notified the Government that he has deducted and transferred a total of GHS 6.1 million to the Fund pursuant to the President’s directive.
He is currently making arrangements to transfer the final tranche, which will cover the Asset declaration defaulters”.
It will be recalled that in 2025, John Dramani Mahama officially launched the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, also known as The MahamaCares.
The landmark initiative aimed at providing financial assistance to individuals living with chronic diseases across the country.
The Fund seeks to cover the cost of care and medication for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) not currently included under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
Meanwhile, some netizens reacting to the news shared by Felix Kwakye Ofosu wrote, “When will we witness people going to prison? As is being said on the campaign platforms, we’re in the second year now, not even a chicken is being jailed”.
A netizen claimed, “This is nothing but a waste of everybody’s time… we pay NHIL levy on everything we do in this country, and 6.1m is what is more important and all this long paragraph. Bro, get serious. Ghanaians are already paying billions of cedis. Pretending to be moderate while stealing big”.
“Why are the asset defaulters still at post? Anyone who hasn’t declared their assets by now is obviously there to steal and should not be in a job. It shouldn’t just stop at freezing their salaries. If anything at all, freezing their salary will make them resort to stealing”, a netizen added.
However, Sammi Awuku, the Member of Parliament for Akuapim North, has said there will be no Ghana Medical Trust Fund, also known as The MahamaCares, in 2029.
According to Sammi Awuku, the NPP, after they win the 2028 elections, will scrap the MahamaCares.
He highlighted that the MahamaCares is a duplication of the NHIA and its roles.
In a news card, Sammi Awuku was quoted to have said, “There will be no MahamaCare in 2029; it is a duplication of the NHIA and its roles”.
See the post below:
At the launch of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund (Mahama Cares) last year, President Mahama pledged to donate six months of his salary to the Fund.
— Felix Kwakye Ofosu (@FelixKwakyeOfo1) May 7, 2026
Subsequently, he encouraged his appointees to donate one month salary each to the Fund.
He then ordered appointees who defaulted on…