65-Year-Old Man To Walk From Kumasi To Accra To Honour John Mahama's Electoral Victory

• Alhaji Ayaana, a 65-year-old man, aims to walk from Kumasi to Accra to celebrate John Mahama's victory
• He said his walk would start on January 5, 2025, and end on January 7, 2025, in a journey of over 250 kilometres
• This would not be the first time he has embarked on a feat, having walked 16km to honour Jerry John Rawlings

A 65-year-old man has announced his plans to walk from Kumasi to Accra to attend President-elect John Dramani Mahama’s swearing-in ceremony on January 7, 2025.

He intended to walk more than 250km and cover the distance in three days -from January 5 to January 7, 2025.

The Tamale-based businessman and philanthropist said he would travel by vehicle from Tamale to Kumasi and then the capital in time for the presidential inauguration.

According to Alhaji Ayaana, he is undertaking this venture to honour President-elect John Mahama on his victory in the 2024 presidential election.

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This would not be the first time the businessman has embarked on such a feat. He reportedly walked to commemorate President Jerry John Rawlings’ swearing-in for his second term in 1997.

In 1999, he reportedly organised a 16-kilometre peace and health walk in Tamale on Independence Day to promote national unity and health.

Alhaji Ayaana announced his new challenge on Saturday, December 21, 2024, after completing a 19km health walk from the Yakubu Tali International Airport to the Jubilee Park in Tamale.

The walk celebrated Ghana’s peaceful 2024 general elections.

Mahama declared official winner of 2024 election

YEN.com.gh reported that National Democratic Congress presidential candidate John Mahama has been elected president of Ghana, making him the first former president to return to power.

The Electoral Commission declared the NDC flagbearer the winner after his 6,328,397 votes, representing 56.55% of the votes cast. These results were from 167 of Ghana's constituencies.

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Vice President and New Patriotic Party candidate Mahamudu Bawumia, who had already conceded the election before the final results were declared, got 41,61% of the vote (4,657,304).

Eight years after becoming the first sitting president to lose an election, Mahama’s return to power followed the trend of Ghanaians voting out the incumbent after two terms.

Proofread by Bruce Douglas, senior copy editor at YEN.com.gh

Source: YEN.com.gh