Ibrahim Mahama: A Role Model Vilified Instead of Celebrated

The Man Behind the Name
Ibrahim Mahama is not just the younger brother of former President John Dramani Mahama. He is a self-made entrepreneur whose vision has transformed Ghana’s mining, cement, and agricultural sectors. Founder of Engineers & Planners (E&P) and Dzata Cement Ltd., Mahama has built Ghana’s largest indigenously owned mining company and launched the country’s first wholly locally-owned cement brand. His ventures have created jobs, reduced reliance on imports, and demonstrated that Ghanaian excellence can compete globally.

Achievements Across Africa
Denied manganese concessions by past NPP governments—who instead handed them to a Chinese company—Mahama refused to be broken. He expanded E&P’s operations into Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea, securing contracts in iron ore, gold, and bauxite mining. Today, he is leading a $1 billion bid for Ghana’s Damang Gold Mine and has invested $100 million in the Black Volta Gold Project, positioning Ghana for its first large-scale locally owned gold mine.

Political Hostility and Propaganda
Instead of celebrating Mahama as a role model, NPP communicators have vilified him:

• Blocked Concessions: Denied manganese mining rights despite E&P’s proven capacity.
• Chinese Firms Favored: Inflated foreign bids sidelined Ghanaian ownership.
• Threats of Contract Reversal: NPP vows to cancel his mining deals if they return to power.
• Recent Propaganda: Even his acquisition of a new aircraft—an achievement that symbolizes Ghanaian success—is twisted into scandal, rather than recognized as proof of indigenous prosperity.

This hostility undermines Ghana’s potential for wealth creation and job growth, while foreign firms reap benefits that should have remained in Ghana.

What Ghana Lost
Had Ibrahim Mahama been supported instead of sabotaged, Ghana could have gained:

• Over 10,000 Direct Jobs across mining, cement, and agriculture.
• $1 Billion in Local Investment from Damang Gold Mine.
• $100 Million in Gold Revenue from Black Volta Gold Project.
• Reduced Cement Import Bill, saving millions annually.
• Permanent Wealth Retention, with profits and taxes staying in Ghana.
• Youth Empowerment, training thousands of skilled and unskilled workers.

These are not dreams—they are measurable opportunities denied by political bias.

Call to Action: Nationalise Our Mineral Wealth

Through Ibrahim Mahama, Ghanaians have a blueprint for reclaiming our resources. We must:

• Support Indigenous Entrepreneurs who invest in Ghana’s future.
• Nationalise Strategic Assets to ensure Ghanaian ownership of gold, manganese, bauxite, and cement.
• Create Special Mining Courts to protect local investors.
• Establish a Sovereign Wealth Fund to channel mining profits into education, healthcare, and infrastructure.
• Launch Youth Mining Corps to train and employ thousands of young Ghanaians.

Let us build a Ghana where there is no gnashing of teeth, no unemployment, and no foreign domination of our mineral wealth.

A Sobering Reflection for NPP MPs
The time has come for NPP Members of Parliament to stand down from propaganda and embrace sobering reflection. Ghana’s youth are crying out for jobs, and yet the very entrepreneurs capable of creating those opportunities—like Ibrahim Mahama—are being vilified instead of supported.

When you cut your tongue and eat, you have not eaten any meat. Vilifying Ibrahim Mahama does not feed the nation—it starves it of opportunity, pride, and progress.

Today, the NPP’s micro minority and their communicators are on rooftops, screaming their lungs out about the colossal numbers of unemployed youth. But the truth is simple: you cannot solve unemployment while sabotaging indigenous enterprise.

It is time for the opposition to swallow their pride and eat the pie—humbly, with humility, and in the national interest. The manganese mining project, once denied to Engineers & Planners, must be readvertised transparently and opened up to Ghanaian bidders. This is not about party loyalty—it is about national survival.

Let Ghana rise above petty politics. Let us reward excellence, not punish it. Let us build a nation where our mineral wealth creates jobs, not propaganda. Let us empower our youth with dignity, not desperation.

✍️ *Retired Senior Citizen
For and on behalf of all Senior Citizens of the Republic of Ghana 🇬🇭

Teshie-Nungua
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