The National Democratic Congress has dismissed suggestions of a third-term agenda for President John Dramani Mahama, underscoring its commitment to Ghana’s constitutional order and democratic principles.
Speaking on Channel One TV’s Face to Face program Tuesday, Dec. 16, NDC General Secretary Fifi Fiavi Kwetey said the party would not support any attempt to amend the Constitution to extend presidential tenure, regardless of its parliamentary majority.
“ You must appreciate that all over sub-Saharan Africa, if there is one country that has been able to provide the model that continues to be an inspiration in terms of democratic transition, it is Ghana,” Kwetey said.
He stressed that the NDC would never encourage actions that undermine constitutional limits, adding that Mahama had already shut down discussions about a possible third term.
“We at no point should ever encourage a situation where there is a disruption in our constitutional stipulations. The president has spoken about that and clearly he did well because he didn’t want to allow such conversations to continue as if he is entertaining it,” Kwetey said.
Kwetey noted that although the party currently enjoys a strong majority in Parliament, it would not use that advantage to push through constitutional changes for personal or political gain.
“The party itself that has promised to ensure that we do what is right for the country has to ensure that, in this spirit of reset, even though we have such a huge majority in Parliament, we use it only to do what is good for the country and not try to change the Constitution because we are trying to make maybe one person happy,” he said.
He reiterated the party’s stance, declaring: “We stand behind the president and say that there will be no third term.”
Meanwhile, in August 2025, the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, also clarified that the party has no plans to field President John Dramani Mahama for a third term, underscoring its commitment to Ghana’s constitutional provisions. Addressing speculation about President Mahama’s political future and the party’s succession plans, Asiedu Nketia reiterated the NDC’s respect for constitutional term limits and democratic principles
“We have never run our party in ways that conflict with the national constitution, and we don’t intend to do that. We will stick by the tenets of the Constitution,” he said
