Prof has disclosed that his appointment as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Shippers' Authority (GSA) is not the first time President has called on him to serve the nation.
Speaking in a video clip from an interview on Adom FM, shared on X on July 15, 2025, Prof Gyampo indicated that the president has called on him to serve the country on at least four occasions.
He said that two of the offers previously made to him involved an offer of becoming a Member of Parliament (MP) on the ticket of the . "Mahama first made an offer to me in the lead-up to the 2016 Election.
They wanted me to contest for the parliamentary seat in my hometown, Saltpond - the Mfantseman seat - but I felt the time wasn't right. "Also, for the Ayawaso West Wuogon election, when Kwabena Kyeremateng Agyarko died, I was at the University of Bristol as a visiting scholar.
