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John Dramani Mahama

Date of Birth: 29 November 1958
Place of Birth: Damongo, Northern Region, Ghana


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SPECIAL REPORT: How Vincent Bolloré won control of Ghana's biggest port

Ghana's ministerial investigation and Africa Confidential's research show how Bolloré and his foreign partners: persuaded then-President John Dramani Mahama to award MPS a new container terminal contract in secret with no tender or bids in 2014 violating procurement laws; overstated the planned investment by a factor of two which won tax holidays worth $832 million from an unwitting parliament; surreptitiously cut Ghana's equity in MPS to 15% after first agreeing to 30%; persuaded the government to allow it a monopoly on handling containers putting thousands of jobs at other port concerns at risk and driving up prices and to set tariffs; reduced the fees payable to the government over the life of the concession by $4...

In exchange Bolloré got improved terms for his concession at Lomé port and permission to build a third terminal there very similar to the contracts President John Mahama authorised for Bolloré in Ghana in 2014...

THE ENTERPRISING MAHAMAS During Ghana's vigorous election campaigns ex-President John Mahama's National Democratic Congress and President Nana Akufo-Addo's New Patriotic Party trade vicious accusations about wholesale corruption by the other party but prosecutions are rare...

He named Samuel Adam as the 'intermediary' in January 2020 and said John Mahama 'indisputably' was the elected government official...

John Mahama called Amidu 'stupid'...

John Mahama was still president and denied all knowledge of the business...

Again John Mahama's representatives denied he had influenced the award and saw nothing suspicious in the timing...

John MahamaThe President who curtailed legitimate procurement processes on the new container terminal and awarded MPS all the build and operate contracts in secret in November 2014...

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Both sides go to court

John Mahama presidential candidate for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is taking a leaf from the book of his opponent President Nana Akufo-Addo with his attempt to overturn the results of the 7 December elections in the courts...


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Mapping the long road to recovery

His rival in the December polls John Mahama is petitioning the Supreme Court to rerun the contest and promises lengthy legal challenges...

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Skirt and blouse politics

NPP flagbearer and incumbent President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo won the presidential elections by about 500 000 votes against the NDC's John Dramani Mahama according to results from the Electoral Commission (EC)...


Akufo-Addo keeps his lead

With jobs and education topping the list of voter concerns the incumbent Nana Addo Akufo-Addo goes into the presidential elections on 7 December with a clear margin over his main rival John Dramani Mahama according to independent opinion polls...


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