President John Mahama shared a touching moment during his inauguration on January 7, 2025, as he reflected on his relationship with former President Nana Akufo-Addo. Mahama expressed his gratitude for the peaceful transfer of power in 2016 and revealed that Akufo-Addo had reciprocated this kindness in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mahama praised Akufo-Addo for accepting him with love and respect, despite their history as political opponents. He also shared that Akufo-Addo had given him the nickname “Johnny,” symbolizing their bond and friendship. Interestingly, both leaders began their political careers in the same year, 1996, as members of parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mahama emphasized that Akufo-Addo is the only person who has called him “Johnny” with love and respect. Despite being from different parties, Mahama expressed his huge respect for Akufo-Addo, highlighting the mutual respect they have for each other. In conclusion, Mahama marveled at the fate that brought them together as leaders of the nation, despite being from different parties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Mahama Reveals Heartwarming Nickname Given by Former President Akufo-Addo<\/p>\n
President John Mahama shared a touching moment during his inauguration on January 7, 2025, as he reflected on his relationship with former President Nana Akufo-Addo. Mahama expressed his gratitude for the peaceful transfer of power in 2016 and revealed that Akufo-Addo had reciprocated this kindness in 2025.<\/p>\n
Mahama praised Akufo-Addo for accepting him with love and respect, despite their history as political opponents. He also shared that Akufo-Addo had given him the nickname “Johnny,” symbolizing their bond and friendship. Interestingly, both leaders began their political careers in the same year, 1996, as members of parliament.<\/p>\n
Mahama emphasized that Akufo-Addo is the only person who has called him “Johnny” with love and respect. Despite being from different parties, Mahama expressed his huge respect for Akufo-Addo, highlighting the mutual respect they have for each other. In conclusion, Mahama marveled at the fate that brought them together as leaders of the nation, despite being from different parties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4144,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4232,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4228\/revisions\/4232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}