President John Dramani Mahama has reiterated his Administration’s commitment to the resetting Ghana agenda.

“We’re here to reset Ghana, to restore the soul of our nation, to revive its economy, reignite the spirit of hope and possibility in every Ghanaian,” the President said on Wednesday night in his first Presidential media encounter under his second administration.

He said it had been eight months since he was sworn into office, and nine months since Ghanaians went to the polls and gave him a clear, resounding mandate to lead the country into a new era.

The President said beyond affirming their confidence in the policies and programmes they proposed, it was a national reawakening that December 7th vote was a call not just for leadership, but for a change of direction, for honesty, for accountability, and for a reset, adding that it was for a different kind of governance, one that listens and one that acts, and one that cares.

“And so on January 7th, 2025, when I took the oath of office, I did so with full awareness of the weight of that moment,” he said.

“I knew we had inherited a nation that was tired, tired of excuses by the political elite, weighed down by hardship and yearning for leadership that does not just promise, but performs.”

The President said that for the past eight months, they had demonstrated that they were not here to continue business as usual.

“Through our prudent and people-centred economic management plan, we’ve slashed nuisance taxes, we’ve rescued our power sector, and averted the dumsor (erratic power outages) crisis which was handed over to us,” he said.

“We’ve lowered the exchange rate, eased the burden of doing business, and reduced the cost of living for the average Ghanian. Inflation has dropped to a record four-year low, signalling renewed macroeconomic stability.

“We’ve made the highest allocation to basic education in nearly half a decade. In health, much-needed funds have been released to fund the health insurance scheme.”

The President said medical supplies were flowing steadily, community health delivery was being prioritised, and the Ghana Medical Trust Fund was launched to help Ghanians bear the cost of treating chronic diseases.

He said he had approved the Governing Board of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, which the Minister of Health would soon inaugurate.

President Mahama said a renewed focus on agriculture, particularly through youth-targeted interventions, irrigation, expansion, and the revitalisation of the Land and Farm Bank Project, was positioning Ghana to be food-secure and export-competitive.

He said they had also laid the groundwork for a digital Ghana through strategic investments in science and technology and innovation, through the One Million Coders programme.

“These strides are not isolated. They are part of a clear, deliberate national reset that is restoring hope, creating opportunity, and ushering in an era of shared prosperity for all.”

He noted that the education sector remains central to their Reset Agenda, as they firmly believe that the future of their country hinges on an empowered, knowledgeable, and skilled population.