Kofi Tonto, a political aide to former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has said President John Dramani Mahama must be successful for the benefit of all Ghanaians.
According to Kofi Tonto, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) does not need President Mahama to fail before they can come back to power.
He highlighted that Ghanaians do not think that one of the two major parties must fail before another succeed.
Kofi Tonto stressed that Ghana cannot continue to lag behind, insisting that national progress must take precedence over partisan interests.
Speaking on JoyNews’ The Pulse on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, Kofi Tonto stated, “We are happy, because as the NPP, we don’t need President Mahama to fail for us to come back to power. Ghanaians don’t think in a binary way, that one has to fail for the other to succeed”.
“President Mahama can be successful. In fact, he must be successful for the benefit of all of us. Ghana cannot continue to lag behind. As a political party, we have no interest in wishing bad for President Mahama,” he added.
Mr Tonto added, “We want him to succeed because we believe that even in the face of his success, Ghanaians can still decide that, although you’ve done well, going forward we need a leader whose vision transcends the ordinary”.
Also, Rev John Ntim Fordjour, the Ranking Member on the Defence and Interior Committee of Parliament, has urged Ghanaians to pray that President John Mahama does not fail.
According to Ntim Fordjour, a president must not fail before another person takes power from him.
He stressed that Ghana’s prayer is that the country must succeed, whichever political party one belongs to.
Rev John Ntim Fordjour, during a church service, leading a prayer session, stated, “Our prayer is that Ghana must succeed. Our prayer is that President Mahama must not fail. Whatever political party you belong to, let this be your prayer, because the President must not fail before another takes over from him”.
Meanwhile, President John Dramani Mahama, in his New Year’s Message to the Nation on January 1, 2026, has called on Ghanaians to rise above partisan divisions and embrace collective nation-building.
He highlighted that whether some Ghanaians voted for him or not, they are all Ghanaians, adding that the reset agenda is for all Ghanaians.
He further detailed that Ghana’s development agenda must transcend political affiliation, regardless of how citizens voted in past elections.
President Mahama added that Ghana faces pressing challenges that need collective unity, adding that political conflict risks diverting attention and resources.