President John Dramani Mahama has been sworn in by the Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood, as President of the Republic of Ghana.
He, therefore, becomes the sixth President under the Fourth Republic.
Profile of Ghana’s fourth President under the Fourth Republic, John Dramani Mahama who is incidentally the fourth “John,” to ascend the high office of the President.
Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings ascribed as the first “John,” ruled as a democratically-elected President from January 7, 1993 to January 6, 2001; Ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor endorsed as the second “John,” from January 7, 2001 to January 6, 2009; and the late Professor John Evans Atta Mills, the third “John,” from January 7, 2009 to July 24, 2012.
Profile of President John Dramani Mahama
President John Mahama was born on November 29, 1958 at Damongo, in the Northern Region of Ghana.
He is a communications expert, historian, writer, former Member of Parliament and Minister of State, and immediate former Vice-President of Ghana.
He ascended to the high office of President following the death of the incumbent President John Evans Atta Mills on Tuesday, July 24 in Accra.
President Mahama's father, Mr Emmanuel Adama Mahama was the first Member of Parliament for the West Gonja Constituency and the first Regional Commissioner of the Northern Region during Ghana's First Republic.
After completing his education, President Mahama went on to pursue an additional postgraduate diploma in social psychology at the Institute of Social Sciences in Moscow, andreturned to Ghana from 1991 to 1996. He worked as Information, Culture and Research Officer at the Embassy of Japan in Accra.
He moved on to work with PLAN International, Ghana, as International Relations, Sponsorship Communications and Grants Manager.
An eloquent champion of the underprivileged,President Mahama was first elected to the Parliament of Ghana in 1996 to represent the Bole/Bamboi Constituency for a four-year term.
In April 1997, President Mahama was appointed Deputy Minister of Communications. He rose to become the substantive Minister of Communications by November 1998; it was a position he held until January 2001 when the National Democratic Congress (NDC), which was then the ruling party, handed over power to the newly elected New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration when the NDC lost the December 2000 elections.
In 2000, President Mahama was re-elected foranother four-year term as the MP for the Bole/Bamboi Constituency. He was again re-elected in 2004 for a third term.
From 2001 to 2004, President Mahama servedas the Minority Parliamentary Spokesman for Communications and in 2002 he was appointed the Director of Communications forthe NDC.
That same year, he served as a member of theteam of international observers selected to monitor Zimbabwe's Parliamentary Elections.
During his tenure as Minister of Communications, President Mahama also served as the Chairman of the National Communications Authority, in which capacity he played a key role in stabilizing Ghana's telecommunications sector after it was deregulated in 1997.
President Mahama also served as a member of the National Economic Management Team, a founding member of the Ghana AIDS Commission, a member of the implementationcommittee of the 2000 National Population Census, and a deputy chairman of the Publicity Committee for the re-introduction of the Value Added Tax (VAT).
Continuing to expand his interest and involvement in international affairs, in 2003 President Mahama became a member of the Pan-African Parliament, serving as the Chairperson of the West African Caucus.
In 2005 he was, additionally, appointed the Minority Spokesman for Foreign Affairs. He served in these capacities until 2008, when he was handpicked to become the running-mate to the then NDC presidential candidate, Professor John Evans Atta Mills.
President Mahama has seven children. He is married to Mrs. Lordina Mahama.
He is a Christian, who believes in the importance of respect for and tolerance of, other faiths and forms of worship in a nation as diverse and peaceful as Ghana.
He has a keen interest in environmental affairs, particularly the problem of plastic pollution in Africa, which he has committed himself to addressing during his tenure as Vice President.
President Mahama loves to read. He is also an avid writer and has had numerous articles published nationally and internationally.
His first book, "My First Coup d'État and Other True Stories From the Lost Decades of Africa", was published by Bloomsbury on July 3, 2012.
President Mahama stood on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Election 2012 and was declared winner of presidential poll by the Electoral Commission.
He polled 5,574,761 representing 50.70 per cent as against his close contender, the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who had 5,248,898 of the valid votes cast, representing 47.74 per cent.

slicqyprizzy gudmorning!

Captainswag225:
slicqyprizzy gudmorning!

Good morning b. How's your day been?

Slicqyprizzy:
Good morning b. How's your day been?

its gud aftanun now lol. My day has been awesome and yours?

Captainswag225:
its gud aftanun now lol. My day has been awesome and yours?

Lol... I guess I was still in the morning mood.... My day's been quite good

Slicqyprizzy:
Lol... I guess I was still in the morning mood.... My day's been quite good

thats great, as u can see am a talkative so am gonna push u to talk paaa, hope u dont mind? Its introduction day dear!

Captainswag225:
thats great, as u can see am a talkative so am gonna push u to talk paaa, hope u dont mind? Its introduction day dear!

Ei Awurade. Yoo mate wai

Slicqyprizzy:
Ei Awurade. Yoo mate wai

hahahaha, mensuro kraaaa,,, so tell me dear, what brought u to nairaland?

Captainswag225:
hahahaha, mensuro kraaaa,,, so tell me dear, what brought u to nairaland?

I think it was some Ghana- Naija thread that led me here... I googled something and I chanced upon it. I was so surprised at the level of hatred and insults that were being spewed... And I ended up joining... I even used to take part it all those bs.... But I realised it's just a waste of time and people just do it in order to catch fun. Was that the same reason that led you here?

hahahahahaha, it was partly the reason, the other reason was that i wanted to come have fun,, meet nice people from diff nations and my own people who live abroad, i think i achieved that but for the e-war, its very hard to control yourself. How do u do it?

Slicqyprizzy:
I think it was some Ghana- Naija thread that led me here... I googled something and I chanced upon it. I was so surprised at the level of hatred and insults that were being spewed... And I ended up joining... I even used to take part it all those bs.... But I realised it's just a waste of time and people just do it in order to catch fun. Was that the same reason that led you here?

Captainswag225:
hahahahahaha, it was partly the reason, the other reason was that i wanted to come have fun,, meet nice people from diff nations and my own people who live abroad, i think i achieved that but for the e-war, its very hard to control yourself. How do u do it?

I just ignore them and be like if you meet such people in real life they cannot even say half of what they're saying online here... And most of the times what they say are not even true, they get their info from the internet with no authentication.

wow, thats nice......honestly wo y3 adi33 oo, i cant stay silent for long oo.,.... Wa y3 te s3 cid and u will be silently moving lol..... But i caught u.... I also put a tracker on u.

Slicqyprizzy:
I just ignore them and be like if you meet such people in real life they cannot even say half of what they're saying online here... And most of the times what they say are not even true, they get their info from the internet with no authentication.

Captainswag225:
wow, thats nice......honestly wo y3 adi33 oo, i cant stay silent for long oo.,.... Wa y3 te s3 cid and u will be silently moving lol..... But i caught u.... I also put a tracker on u.

Lol.... You really got time

Slicqyprizzy:
Lol.... You really got time

saaaa? So tell me how often do u visit ghana?

Captainswag225:
saaaa? So tell me how often do u visit ghana?

Hug? I'm in Ghana oo

Slicqyprizzy:
Hug? I'm in Ghana oo

atuuuu, great, i get to meet a ghanaian in ghana here. Are u in accra?

Captainswag225:
atuuuu, great, i get to meet a ghanaian in ghana here. Are u in accra?

Yeah

Slicqyprizzy:
Yeah

perfect,,, am sure u are in legon.

Captainswag225:
perfect,,, am sure u are in legon.

Not yet, but soon

Slicqyprizzy:
Not yet, but soon

amen oo, am in adenta..... Enjoy life in dumsor. Lol

Captainswag225:
amen oo, am in adenta..... Enjoy life in dumsor. Lol

I'm quite far from Adenta though... But the Dumsor has abated now... At least at my area

hahahaha, ur own gud, oo maybe i should come stay with u then.

Slicqyprizzy:
I'm quite far from Adenta though... But the Dumsor has abated now... At least at my area

Captainswag225:
hahahaha, ur own gud, oo maybe i should come stay with u then.

lol sure... Anytime

Slicqyprizzy:
lol sure... Anytime

lol u mean that? Do u have dogs in ur haus?

Captainswag225:
lol u mean that? Do u have dogs in ur haus?

hehe we have three dogs... Big ones

Slicqyprizzy:
hehe we have three dogs... Big ones

yesu, as3m paa nie! So how do i enter the haus safely? ohemaa maaha btw!

Captainswag225:
yesu, as3m paa nie! So how do i enter the haus safely? ohemaa maaha btw!

lol... Good afternoon

Slicqyprizzy:
lol... Good afternoon

wo hu te s3n?

Captainswag225:
wo hu te s3n?

3y3 oo ... Na wo nso33?

Slicqyprizzy:
3y3 oo ... Na wo nso33?

am grand as always.... Am thinking of sneaking into ur compound dis evening and kidnapping u to an all-nyt service. What do u say?

Captainswag225:
am grand as always.... Am thinking of sneaking into ur compound dis evening and kidnapping u to an all-nyt service. What do u say?

lmfao... You're surely welcome if you can

Slicqyprizzy:
lmfao... You're surely welcome if you can

the way u are saying okay, its scaring me paaa oo, its like u have set a nice trap for me.