The Former President and the National Democratic Congress Flagbearer for the 2024 general elections, John Dramani Mahama will today, Friday, deliver the 2023 inaugural lecture of the Center for African Studies at Ohio State University.

The bi-annual African Affairs Lecture serves as a platform to promote awareness of Africa and its significant yet often overlooked role in fostering global peace and stability.

The theme for this year’s lecture is Successes and Challenges of Post-Cold War Africa’s Democracy, which will focus on the current state of democracy in Africa.

It is a timely subject, according to the Ohio State University, because of recent political events, such as the coup d’états in Burkina Faso, Niger, and Gabon, as well as the political turmoil in Sudan, Zimbabwe, Chad, and other countries.

Mahama To Speak On Africans’ Commitment To Build Sustainable Democracy

Furthermore, the Former President, John Dramani Mahama’s lecture and subsequent interaction are expected to shed light on the commitment of African leaders and citizens to building enduring infrastructure for sustainable democracy and the multitude of challenges facing the continent.

“As a former President of Ghana, known for his unwavering dedication to strengthening democratic processes and institutions, His Excellency brings a wealth of knowledge and experience that we eagerly anticipate”.
The Center for African Studies, Ohio State University

This year’s lecture is also part of the grand reopening celebration of the Center for African Studies, which officially relaunched in January 2023 after a period of inactivity.

The opposition National Democratic Congress Flagbearer for the 2024 general elections, Mr Mahama and his delegation arrived in the US from Canada, where he delivered the opening keynote for the Universities Studying Slavery Conference, met and interacted with Black Business owners, black youth and students in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and delivered a paper on best steps towards developing the West Africa subregion at the University of Calgary.

The former president also addressed an international business forum organised by the Canada Ghana Chamber of Commerce in Calgary and interacted with business leaders on ‘sustaining economic development through entrepreneurship and partnership’ in Toronto.

He met with the Ghanaian community and students in Halifax, Toronto and Calgary and held sessions with supporters and sympathisers of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

Accompanying the former President is his Special Aide, Joyce Bawah Mogtari, Director of Administration, Dr Callistus Mahama and Director of Communications Stan Xoese Dogbe.

Meanwhile, the Founder of the defunct UT bank and former personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces, Capt. (rtd) Prince Kofi Amoabeng has indicated the Former President and the National Democratic Congress Flagbearer for the 2024 general election is the ideal person to lead the country.

Speaking in a media interview on Thursday, October 26 2023, Mr Amoabeng asserted that the Former President, John Dramani Mahama has the experience of being the President of the country and would make better decisions in his next role when elected as the President of Ghana.

“I look at President Mahama, and what I have to say about him is that we have never had somebody who has been president before becoming president again, it is only Mahama”.
Capt. (rtd) Prince Kofi Amoabeng

The founder of the defunct UT bank thus urged Ghanaians to vote for the National Democratic Congress Flagbearer for the 2024 general elections, John Dramani Mahama as he is very optimistic he is capable of making better decisions and well-informed policies when elected into office as President of the country.

He stressed that even though the former President may have made certain mistakes in his first term as president, he is convinced he will avoid such mistakes in his next role as Ghana’s President.