My Advice To President Mahama For 2025-2029

As the leader of a small global group of Ghanaian Diaspora professionals and academics for more than four decades, in the USA, questions are being raised to me as to what I think of the new Government in Ghana.

I am glad to summarize some ideas but will not put much fanfare around it.

I want to congranulated HE John Mahama for his decisive win and use this to warn Ghanaians leaders in general as to what we all need to do to save our nation in view of the margin of victory!

Ghanaian leaders should never take the youth of Ghana for granted again! In my humble opinion here are my few hints of the needed job ahead for our new President:

1. Constitution Amendment to allow decentralized elected leadership for Towns, Districts and Regions for their mutual local development in a formula of alliance with other towns/districts/regions/ and the nation in cost sharing of Major Highways, Airports and Shipping ports, Rivers and irrigation systems. (See the American Federal example).

2. ⁠NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN with STANDARDS for Healthcare, building & housing codes, Licensing of professionals in the Educational, Health Care and Construction industry!

3. NATIONAL LIVING standards GOALS to eradicate the mosquito and reduce malaria deaths by banning OPEN GUTTERS and adoption of UNDERGROUND SEWAGE systems.

Malaria is reported to kill 100,000 people per year and we should tackle this problem now!

4. NO MORE LOANS till after national representatives discuss openly and agree on Loan use and Payment strategies!

5. NATIONAL Standards and mandatory enforcement of annual financial disclosure of all public Service elected and appointed executive personnel.

6. ⁠Reduce Bank Lending Interest rates to below 10% for Business and personal loans.

• Reduce Total Port duties and taxes to 15% or less
• Reduce VAT taxes, NHIL and other taxes to no more than 10%, and all national budgets to go through open public debate and justification.

Sincerely submitted,

Dr. Kwaku A. Danso -Dec.15, 2024

President- GHANA LEADERSHIP UNION (GLU).