Ibrahim Mahama: A Proven and Worthy Patriot

The hostility directed at President John Mahama and his family has reached such extremes that every genuine effort by Ibrahim Mahama is twisted into propaganda. Yet the facts remain clear to any objective Ghanaian.

When foreign mining companies became distressed and struggled to survive, Ibrahim Mahama’s Engineers & Planners did not flee. They stepped in with vision, courage, and determination to revive those companies, protect jobs, and build a strong Ghanaian footprint in the mining sector. This is how serious nations develop indigenous business champions.

Contrast this with the shameful attempt by politically connected individuals to acquire profitable SSNIT hotels at giveaway prices. Their interest was not in struggling hotels but in the ones already making money. Today, several of those hotels have returned to profitability, exposing how disastrous that transaction would have been for the state had Ghanaians not resisted it.

The former SSNIT management and board should bow their heads in shame for nearly supervising the transfer of valuable state assets into private hands under questionable circumstances. Had the deal gone through, profits that rightfully belong to the Ghanaian people would today be enriching a select few.

Equally disturbing is the deliberate distortion of the proposal by former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo and the IEA, which sought to encourage capable Ghanaian companies to take over foreign mining concessions after contract expiration. Instead of supporting local participation in the mining sector, propagandists poisoned public discourse by falsely branding the proposal as “nationalization.”

Why? Because they know companies like E&P have the competence, capacity, and Ghanaian ownership to benefit from such opportunities. Their fear is not nationalization; their fear is seeing indigenous Ghanaian companies succeed under a Mahama administration.

These same critics were silent when politically exposed persons benefited from state-related financial arrangements in the past. Anyone who raised concerns about conflict of interest was insulted. Today, they suddenly claim to be champions of transparency. The hypocrisy is glaring.

If E&P succeeds in reviving mining assets like Damang, Ghana wins — through employment, taxes, technology transfer, and stronger local participation in a sector long dominated by foreign interests. They are taking the risk to prove that Ghanaians can compete in strategic industries.

The relentless attempt to demonize Ibrahim Mahama simply because he is the brother of President Mahama exposes the deep political hatred some individuals harbor toward the Mahama family, including the legacy of the late E.A. Mahama. Their mission is clear: drag the family into disrepute at all costs while ignoring worse examples within their own political tradition.

But Ghanaians are becoming wiser. Supporting capable Ghanaian entrepreneurs is not corruption. Building strong local companies is not a crime. Encouraging indigenous participation in mining and other strategic sectors is patriotism, not propaganda.

Those who attack every Ghanaian success story out of political hatred are not defending the national interest; they are sabotaging Ghana’s economic future for partisan gain.

Mike Kalley
Sociopolitical Analyst

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