John Mahama: Biography of John Dramani Mahama, Ghana election 2020 NDC presidential candidate
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John Dramani Mahama, Ghana President from 2012 to 2017, dey test en popularity again to be president for a second term on 7 December, 2020 afta en shocking defeat to Prez Nana Akufo-Addo.
Dis go be di third time wey Mahama from National Democratic Congress [NDC] and Akufo-Addo from New Patriotic Party [NPP] dey face each oda for election.
For 2012 presidential election, John Mahama get 50.7% of di votes to beat Nana Akufo-Addo wey get 47.7% of di vote.
Then for December 2016 presidential election, Prez Mahama-wey be sitting president dat time- lost to Lawyer and Diplomat Akufo-Addo.
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John Mahama
National Democratic Congress
John Dramani Mahama be Ghanaian politician, communications expert, historian den writer who dem born into politically active family on November 29, 1958.
Health
Health
- Provide free primary health care
- Encourage preventive care, health promotion and wellness
- Reduce maternal mortality by half (50 per cent)
- Provide free sanitary pads to girls wey dey school
Infrastructure
Infrastructure
- Embark on US$10 billion accelerated infrastructural plan, dubbed de 'Big Push'. This entails investing the sum over five years to achieve critical upgrade in social and economic development.
- Build new universities and hospitals in regions that have previously had none
- Deliver a minimum of 20,000 low-income houses in all 260 Metropolis, Municipalities and Districts over a four year period.
Education
Education
- Expand Free SHS programme to cover students wey dey private Senior High Schools for underserved/deprived areas
- Abolish de double-track system wey increase cost of SHS education
- Complete abandoned structures for secondary den technical education including abandoned E-Blocks which go cater for current students den expected increase in admissions
- Ginger de use of IT den provide free Wi-Fi in schools to enhance de performance of students
Economy
Economy
- Create a 3-shift economy, especially in manufacturing den other high-end services which go fit operates 24 hours non-stop
- Dem go take four years create 1 million jobs through sustainable private sector jobs
- Begin dey work on rural and urban roads wey go join community wey dey produce food wit markets
Nana Akufo-Addo
New Patriotic Party
Dem born am as William Dankwa Akufo-Addo on 29 March, 1944 wey dem raise am for Accra; he be de son of Edward Akufo-Addo den Adeline. President Nana Akufo-Addo be Ghanaian lawyer den politician.
Health
Health
- Construction of 101 standard design 100-bed hospitals
- Provide accommodation for doctors den nurses in Districts without hospitals
- Construction of Ghana Centre for Disease Control
- Construction of 2 new psychiatric hospitals and upgrade of existing ones
Infrastructure
Infrastructure
- Create National Rental Assistance Scheme wey go help provide low-interest loans for pipo wey qualify.
- Dem go build low-income housing estates over de next four years
- Complete de construction of de Western Line, and Tema to Mpakadan rail lines den start de construction of Eastern Rail Line, Aduadin to Obuasi Lines plus Ghana-Burkina Line
Education
Education
- Continue de implementation of Free SHS and Free TVET programmes.
- Continue to invest in de expansion of infrastructure for all public tertiary institutions so say dis go enhance capacity and facilities to absorb increase in student population.
- Ginger de use of IT den provide free Wi-Fi in schools to enhance de performance of students
- Expand infrastructure so say dis go increase access to professional legal education and production of lawyers for Ghana
Economy
Economy
- Beyond 2020 dem go continue to improve on de over two million public and private sector formal jobs dem create
- Public-Private Partnership to accelerate de development of road infrastructure through toll-financing
- Re-launch de metro mass transport system throughout regional capitals
Some Interesting facts about John Dramini Mahama
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How old be John Mahama?
- John Dramini Mahama na Ghanaian politician, communication expert, historian, and writer wey dem born into politically active family for November 29, 1958.
- Mahama just clock 62 years.
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Who be father of John Dramani Mahama?
- John Mahama papa, Emmanuel Adama Mahama, serve as member of Parliament plus also regional commissioner inside di goment of Ghana first president, Kwame Nkrumah.
- John father Adama Mahama, be wealthy rice farmer and teacher, de first Member of Parliament for de West Gonja constituency and de first Regional Commissioner of de Northern Region during de First Republic under Ghana's first president, Kwame Nkrumah.
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Which SHS John Mahama attend?
- John Mahama attend primary school for di Achimota School inside Accra and attend di Ghana Secondary School for Tamale.
- E receive bachelor degree in history for 1981 from di University of Ghana, Legon, wia e also complete im postgraduate studies in communication for 1986.
- Mahama teach high-school history for few years before e go for postgraduate degree in social psychology for di Institute of Social Sciences inside Moscow, Russia for 1988.
- E be once Member of Parliament for Bole Bamboi from 1997 to 2009 and Minister of Communications from 1998 to 2001.
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- John Mahama become vice president of Ghana for 2009 under John Evans Atta Mills, and later become president afta oga Mills die for July 24th, 2012 before e win di election dat same year.
- Dem swear am in to serve as full-time President for January 7th, 2013 afta e win December 2012 election with 50.7 percent of di vote. e narrowly avoid runoff election with im nearest rival, Nana Akufo- Addo wey get 47.74 percent.
- John Mahama contest re-election for second term in office for 2016 election, but lost to di New Patriotic Party candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo wey e bin defeat for 2012.
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- Dis make Mahama di first President in di history of Ghana wey no win second term in office.
- Mahama na also di first vice president to take over di presidency sake of di death of im predecessor, John Atta Mills, and na di first head of state of Ghana wey dem born afta Ghana independence.
Who be John Dramani Mahama wife?
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- John Mahama dey married to Lordina Mahama (née Effah, 6 March 1963)
- Mahama and im wife, Lordina get five children- Shafik, Shahid, Sharaf, Jesse and Farida.
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- John Mahama nickname na Mr. Dumsor, dum-sor meaning "off-on" for di local Twi language. Dem give am Mr. Dumsor sake of di electricity shortage wey worry Ghana during im first term for office and dis describe di regular off and on of ligt. Mahama imsef joke about dis name too.
- John Maham dem borm en into a political tradition dating back to de country's First Republic. Mahama and Late Jerry Rawlings na political associates.
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Where John Mahama hail from?
- John Mahama na member of de Gonja ethnic group of Ghaana.
- Mahama come from Bole in de Northern region. Mahama dem born en for Damongo inside de Damango-Daboya constituency of Northern region.
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