President John Dramani Mahama has narrated that he was reluctant to go into politics because of what my father.
The late Mr Emmanuel Adama Mahama, John Mahama’s father was a Minister under Dr Kwame Nkrumah.
According to John Mahama, he was reluctant to go into politics because his father had been in politics and a coup led to him being arrested and imprisoned for 2 years.
He revealed after that was so traumatized that he never wanted to have anything to do with politics.
Addressing the Assemblies of God congregation, President Mahama expressed, “I mean, if you ask me what do you want to be in future, I didn’t say I want to be a doctor or a lawyer. At one time I wanted to be a fireman. Because I like their uniform and the red fire trucks they used to drive”.
Then another time I wanted to be a State Transport Company driver. Because you sit in the car from Tamale to Accra, the way he’s driving it, it looks nice”, he stated.
John Mahama further narrated, “And so because of the narrations that he had given about the trauma he suffered in prison and the setbacks he suffered as a result of his politics, my mind was, I will not be a politician. But God said, who are you to decide? I will do with you what I want. And the rest is history.”
President Mahama conveyed his desire for God to use him as an instrument to change the fortunes of the Ghanaian people.
“My prayer is, God use me as your instrument. It is you who brought me to this place. It is you who will let me serve your purpose. And the purpose is to serve my fellow Ghanaians and make sure that we’re able to turn the fortunes of this country around and make everybody’s life better,” President Mahama added.
