John Mahama asked me to be NDC's parliamentary candidate in 2016 – Prof Gyampo

Prof Ransford Gyampo has disclosed that his appointment as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) is not the first time President John Dramani Mahama 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 National Democratic Congress.

“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. Leaders called me several times, but I was okay with where I was."

He added; “So, this could be the third or the fourth time he (Mahama) has called on me.”

The GSA boss further asserted that President Mahama has been offering him opportunities to serve because he sees something good in him.

Watch a video of his remarks below:

According to Prof. Gyampo, he received invitations from President Mahama on different occasions to contest as an MP in Mfantseman during the 2016 elections, and later in the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election in 2019 but he felt those were not the right times.

He said he accepted… pic.twitter.com/wSPULs1QTD

— SIKAOFFICIAL🦍 (@SIKAOFFICIAL1) July 15, 2025

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