President John Dramani Mahama has emphasized the need for Ghana to prioritize domestic resilience and strategic sovereignty in response to a rapidly changing global landscape.
Speaking during his 2026 State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Friday, February 27, he outlined plans to protect national interests while engaging with the world.
“We’ll continue to engage with the world but on terms that reflect our interests. We’ll uphold global norms but will not outsource our judgments. And we will build resilience at home so that shifts in external power do not translate into hardship for our citizens,” Mahama stated.
The president noted that emerging nations must navigate an international order that often favors established powers.
“The global order we once knew is being rapidly reshaped, and the so-called rule-based international system endures only as long as it protects the advantages of those who designed it. Once emerging nations like ours begin to operate within those same rules to rebalance power, the very architects of that order prove willing to relax their commitments. Ghana, like many nations, has learned this hard truth,” he said, stressing that fragmentation or dependence would not serve the nation.
Mahama framed Ghana’s strategy around deliberate, confident action.
“History has long taught us that resilience and prosperity will not be handed to us. They must be built deliberately through cooperation, self-belief and strategic alignment. This is how Africa can move from promise to power, from participation to leadership and from dependence to self-reliance,” he said.
Source: Starrfm.com.gh
