President John Mahama displeased with how a member of his security team treated media practitioners after a public event, saw reason to directly order him to stop "harassing journalists".
In a video shared on the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), President Mahama was seen exchanging pleasantries with attendees as he departed the national launch of Free Sanitary Pads for Girls in School on Thursday, April 24, 2025.
The video did not clearly show what the security personnel did to the journalists.
However, President Mahama, clearly unhappy, is heard shouting, "Botchway, stop harassing journalists," to which the particular security officer responded, "Yes, sir." One journalist, with excitement in his voice, is heard saying, "Thank you, Your Excellency." President John Mahama, a trained communications expert and a member of the Ghana Journalists Association, has always been an advocate for the rights of journalists and the need for their work to be respected.
