John Mahama: From Promises to Delivery in 2026

President John Dramani Mahama has framed 2026 as the year Ghana moves from stabilization to delivery, declaring it a period of “acceleration and expansion” built on the foundation laid in 2025.

After returning to office in January 2025, President Mahama’s administration has spent the first year tackling what most Ghanaians agreed to be “a nation in distress”. In his January 1, 2026 New Year Message and later in the State of the Nation Address, the President categorically stressed that, the turnaround is now visible in the numbers and in policy rollout.

Ghana has had a stabled economy since President Mahama’s return to office. Economic stabilization inflation has fallen from over 23% at the end of 2024 to 3. 4 % by April 2026, while the cedi appreciated 40.6% against the dollar. In the 17 months of the President Mahama’s second presidency, Ghana has successfully restored business confidence, increased both domestic and foreign direct investment, and renegotiated debt on terms that protect sovereignty.

In terms of jobs and poverty, over 1 million jobs were created in 2025, and roughly 950,000 people moved out of multidimensional poverty according to the government. Infrastructure work is on-going, with over 2,000 km of roads under construction and rural electrification extended to over 1,000 communities.

On the country’s global repositioning, President Mahama launched the Accra Reset Initiative at the UN General Assembly, positioning Ghana as a voice for reforming global governance systems that disadvantage Africa and the Global South.

The 2026 delivery agenda
In 2026, the focus shifts to scaling reforms across key sectors:

On education, there have been further digitalizations of schools and equipping classrooms for 21st-century learning standards. The government has also operationalized Universal Health Coverage through the Free Primary Health Care Programme to remove financial barriers on healthcare delivery. The Ghana Medical Trust Fund is expected to support patients with non-communicable diseases. As far as Food and Agriculture is concerned, the President has succeeded in Commercializing agriculture through mechanization, value addition, and improved market access, with a goal of food self-sufficiency. Energy and Housing have been expanded with renewable energy to 30% of the national mix to lower costs, and deliver social housing units via public-private partnerships.

Tracking the promises
GhanaFact’s Promise Tracker logged 27 new promises from the 2026 State of the Nation Address, spread across education, health, jobs, housing, transport, and the creative industry. The outlet plans to rate progress through the year as “promises kept, partially kept, in the works, or broken”.

Mahama’s message is consistent: 2025 was about rebuilding credibility and confidence; 2026 is about making that translate into services, jobs, and opportunities Ghanaians can feel. He’s told citizens: “This is our moment. This is Ghana’s moment to lead”.