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[Ghana Presidency @GhanaPresidency]

President John Dramani Mahama this afternoon (morning in Toronto) held a Zoom call with the players and technical team of the Black Stars from his office at the Presidency.

The President wished the team well ahead of their opening 2026 FIFA World Cup match, urging them to play with determination, unity and pride as they represent Ghana on the world stage.

#BlackStars
#FIFAWorldCup
#MahamaThePresident

[Ghana Presidency @GhanaPresidency]

President John Dramani Mahama has extended a message of solidarity and encouragement to the Black Stars ahead of Ghana's opening match against Panama at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

The President reaffirmed that the Government and people of Ghana stand firmly behind the national team as they begin their fifth FIFA World Cup campaign, urging the players to represent the nation with courage, unity, and pride.

President Mahama also called on Ghanaians in Toronto and across North America to serve as the team's "12th Man," while assuring citizens at home that official television broadcast rights have been secured to ensure nationwide access to every Black Stars match.

"Play for the flag. Play for the children dreaming of greatness in your footsteps."

Go Black Stars!

#MahamaThePresident
#BlackStars

[Ghana Presidency @GhanaPresidency]

Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has conveyed the support and best wishes of President John Dramani Mahama, the Government, and the people of Ghana to the Black Stars ahead of their opening FIFA World Cup match against Panama.

Leading a high-level delegation, the Vice President met with the players and technical team as they concluded preparations for the tournament. The delegation included representatives of His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, led by Daasebre Otuo Siriboe II, officials of Ghana’s High Commission led by H.E. Prof. Dora Francisca Edu-Buandoh, and executives of the Ghana Football Association led by Kurt Edwin Simeon Okraku.

The Vice President reaffirmed the confidence of Ghanaians in the Black Stars and encouraged the team to represent the nation with determination, discipline, and excellence on football’s biggest stage.

On behalf of President Mahama and the people of Ghana, she wished the team and technical staff success throughout the tournament. #blackstars #Ghana

[Ghana Presidency @GhanaPresidency]

President John Dramani Mahama has launched the Ghana National Research Fund (GNRF) with a seed capital of GH¢100 million to strengthen research, innovation, and knowledge-driven development in Ghana.

The Fund will support competitive research grants, doctoral and postdoctoral programmes, priority national research initiatives, and the development of a modern digital grants management system.

At the launch, President Mahama challenged researchers and scientists to develop practical solutions to national challenges, emphasizing the need for research that drives job creation, industrial growth, agricultural transformation, and improved livelihoods.

The President also directed the relevant ministries to take steps towards increasing support for research and innovation while positioning Ghana to benefit from international partnerships and funding opportunities.

The establishment of the Ghana National Research Fund marks a significant step in advancing science, technology, and innovation as key pillars of Ghana’s development agenda.

#MahamaThePresident #ResearchFund

[CITI FM 97.3 @Citi973]

The Ghana Gold Board has signed agreements with the Ghana Armed Forces and the Forestry Commission to begin nationwide land reclamation and reforestation projects at a cost of GH¢27.9 million.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, GoldBod CEO Sammy Gyamfi said the initiative will restore degraded lands affected by illegal mining, beginning with 50 hectares of the Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve.

#CitiNewsroom #GoldBod #SammyGyamfi #GhanaNews

[CITI FM 97.3 @Citi973]

GH¢6.1 million, made up of salaries from the President, political appointees, Jubilee House staff, and asset declaration defaulters, has been presented to the Ghana Medical Trust Fund (Mahama Cares).

The funds, transferred by the Controller and Accountant General, are part of a pledge by President John Dramani Mahama and his appointees to donate six months’ salaries to support patients with chronic and life-threatening conditions.

#CitiNewsroom #MahamaCares #GhanaNews #Health

[Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa @S_OkudzetoAblak]

We kept our promise.

No Ghanaian has been abandoned in harm's way.

About a thousand Ghanaians have now been evacuated from South Africa by the Government of Ghana following the latest wave of xenophobic attacks.

Last night, it was a profound honour to welcome our fellow nationals with love, warmth and the pride of being a servant leader in a great country which does not forsake our citizens, particularly in time of distress.

But our work is far from over — we shall ensure reintegration with dignity, medical and psychosocial support, pursue compensation for those who have left properties and businesses behind, secure jobs for folks able to work and intensify our efforts towards achieving Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's Pan-African dream of genuine African integration.

I commend dedicated staff of the Foreign Ministry; our High Commission in Pretoria; colleague ministers; senior government officials; partner state institutions including GAF, GACL, GCAA, NADMO, GIS, GPS; the IOM; Ethiopian Airlines and the media for the flawless and efficient execution.

We are grateful to Ghanaian CEOs for their remarkable partnership with us aimed at creating employment opportunities for our returning nationals.

God bless President John Mahama for his inspiring and outstanding leadership and guidance.

The Mahama Administration shall continue to defend the rights of our cherished citizens, serve with compassion and safeguard the welfare of ALL GHANAIANS.

For God and Country 🇬🇭 🙏🏾

[Dr. George @GeorgeAnagli]

Moments like this tell me there’s hope for this country.

[Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa @S_OkudzetoAblak]

Ghana’s e-Visa regime successfully launched by President Mahama.

Africans are fully exempted from paying fees.

Enhanced security; digitally convenient.

Ghana is indeed open for business and tourism.

Enjoy Ghana’s warm digital handshake with the world.

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

BRUNO FERNANDES. RECORD-BREAKER.

[Richmond Rockson, Esq. @MrRockson]

The Mahama administration is steadily addressing the decline in Ghana’s upstream petroleum sector, with strong indications that production will rise this year for the first time in over five years.

Even more encouraging, super majors are once again expressing renewed confidence in the Ghanaian market; a strong signal of recovery, stability, and future growth for the petroleum industry.

[#TV3GH @tv3_ghana]

Some Ghanaians in South Africa have expressed a strong desire to the Minister for Foreign Affairs Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, during his visit to South Africa to return home following the latest wave of xenophobic attacks.

With the evacuation exercise postponed to a later date due to technical challenges relating to screening processes and permits for the aircraft to land from the South African authorities, the government is actively working to ensure that the evacuation takes place this week.

#3NewsGH #TV3GH

[Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa @S_OkudzetoAblak]

President Mahama commends French President Emmanuel Macron on his announcement this week to work with Ghana to establish a Ghana-French Scientific Commission on slavery in Ghana; also for his pledge to abolish slavery laws known as Code Noir; his new policy on the return of looted artefacts; and his impressive commitment to an open and honest dialogue on Reparatory Justice.

The Government of Ghana additionally applauds President Macron for accepting President Mahama’s invitation to speak at the Next Steps Summit on Reparatory Justice in Accra from June 17-19, 2026.

It’s great to see the concrete results of the historic adoption of the Ghana-led UN resolution declaring the transatlantic enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity.

For God, Country and Africa. 🇬🇭 🙏🏾

[Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa @S_OkudzetoAblak]

The first batch of 300 Ghanaians will be evacuated from South Africa on May 21, 2026.

The welfare and safety of all Ghanaians is a non-negotiable priority of the Mahama Administration.

[Franklin CUDJOE @lordcudjoe]

The fastest economic recovery in Ghana's history has been recorded and achieved by version 2.0 of the Mahama-led government — this, after the most regressive, self-immolating policies of waste, mismanagement, and plunder the country has ever seen.

Key achievements:

· Exit from the IMF programme with star-studded honours
· Rapid decline in inflation
· A confident cedi
· International reserves built back better
· The quickest debt reduction from 65% to 45% of GDP in just one year

Buoyed by confidence, candour, and transparency, the government's finance team — competently led by Dr. Ato Forson — carefully choreographed how to work with the IMF programme they inherited, even though it was badly bruised, broken, and moribund from excessive haemorrhage following the twin shocks of the DDEP, which amounted to the literal pickpocketing of our savings and investments by the previous administration.

Remember: the previous government renegotiated the IMF programme the NDC government handed to them. Sadly, they missed almost 70% of the structural benchmarks they had promised the IMF by the end of 2019 — when the economy was already stuttering in fits — only to later be exposed and overwhelmed by COVID-19 and, to a very minute degree, the Russian war on Ukraine.

In essence, the final apocalyptic collapse of the economy we witnessed in 2022 — with all macroeconomic indicators gasping for air — was entirely avoidable.

So what has changed this time with the exit plan from the IMF? A commitment never to return to the IMF after three and a half years — the period we have been cursed, through maladministration, to return to the Fund since independence in 1957.

The Finance Minister and his team defended a decision before Cabinet to be bound by additional strictures of the IMF for 36 months, long after the general elections in 2028. This is to remain credible to investors and the markets, and in the process mobilise enough capital to invest in critical areas of the economy to provide jobs — but crucially, to free up domestic resources for the private sector to blossom. It is a promise not to splurge and waste resources, as has usually been the case with governments that exit IMF programmes.

Essentially, the Government of Ghana announced the official conclusion of the IMF Extended Credit Facility Programme and transitioned immediately to the non-financing Policy Coordination Instrument (PCI) of the IMF.

What is the PCI? It is a non-financial advisory and monitoring tool provided by the IMF. It allows the country to design and implement its own economic reforms without receiving a financial bailout, acting essentially as a global seal of approval for the government's fiscal management.

This masterstroke in economic diplomacy could not have been achieved without the backing of the President, whose mission this time around is legacy and respect. The President reads every document handed to him, often correcting grammatical mistakes before signing the country up to the contents.

So, we can say that yes, stability has been achieved after the races with death we experienced prior to 2025. Resilience is what we aim for now as a country. We need to remain disciplined and reduce losses by State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), which cost governments approximately $2 billion annually.

Quite a number of SOEs must be axed outright, others merged, and still others injected with independent, world-class management to return profit — because they are enterprises, not social care homes.

In the meantime, we are grateful for the dexterity of the economic management team, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, the encouraging progress of GoldBod, and all other functionaries of government who will abide by the honour code of spending within budgets to make Ghana's self-imposed IMF PCI possible.

[Cassiel Ato Forson (PhD) @Cassielforson]

This announcement marks the definitive end of Ghana’s financial bailout relationship with the IMF.

Government is exceedingly grateful to the people of Ghana for their sacrifices, resilience and forbearance.

[Cassiel Ato Forson (PhD) @Cassielforson]

Government of Ghana announces official conclusion of IMF Extended Credit Facility and Transitions to Non-Financing Policy Coordination Instrument(PCI).

[John Dramani Mahama @JDMahama]

On Wednesday, I held a highly productive meeting with His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, in Abu Dhabi.

Our discussions centred on a strategic partnership to transform Ghana’s energy landscape. We have agreed to strengthen cooperation in the oil and gas sector, with a specific focus on UAE investment in storage facilities within Ghana.

We discussed the need to diversify our energy portfolio, aiming to reduce our dependence on crude oil and achieve long-term energy stability through cleaner, alternative sources.

We also addressed global security, and I firmly conveyed Ghana’s solidarity with the UAE regarding the complexities of the Middle East conflict. We are united in our determination to see a swift end to hostilities so the world can focus on sustainable development, innovation, and Artificial Intelligence.

[AKA @AAKankam]

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