MESSAGE ON THE STATE OF THE NATIONDELIVERED BY HE JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA TO THE 9TH PARLIAMENT ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2025.

Right Honourable Speaker,Your Excellency, the Vice President,Your Excellency, the First Lady,Your Ladyship, the Chief Justice,Honourable Members of Parliament,Honourable Members of the Judiciary,Distinguished Leaders of Our Security Forces, Excellences, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Our revered Niimei, Naamei, Chiefs, Traditional Rulers and Religious Leaders, The National Chairman and executives of the National Democratic Congress, The good people of Ghana,I wish you a very good morning.Mr.

Speaker, Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution requires the President to address the people of Ghana, in whom sovereignty resides, on the state of the nation.

About thirty (30) years ago, in 1996, I took my first steps in public service when I was elected to this august house as the Member of Parliament for the Bole Bamboi Constituency.