By Issah Olegor
The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) is preparing a grand reception for President John Dramani Mahama following his return from New York today, where he secured global acclaim after leading the successful passage of a landmark United Nations resolution on reparations for Africans and the diaspora.
According to an internal mobilisation message circulated by the party’s Greater Accra regional leadership, supporters and government officials are being urged to converge at the VIP section of the Kotoka International Airport on Sunday, March 29, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. to welcome the President home after what party officials are describing as a “global feat.”
The communication, signed by Greater Accra Regional Political Coordinator Anthony Nukpenu, specifically invites all Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) within the region to be present at the airport for the occasion.
The directive forms part of a broader effort by the party to celebrate what it sees as one of the most significant diplomatic achievements in recent history.
The planned welcome follows President Mahama’s pivotal role at the United Nations General Assembly, where Ghana’s resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialised chattel enslavement as “the gravest crime against humanity” was adopted with 123 votes in favour.
The resolution, backed strongly by the African Union, CARICOM and other allied blocs, is being hailed as a major breakthrough in Africa’s decades-long campaign for historical justice and reparative action. It calls on member states to consider formal apologies, support a reparations framework, and return looted cultural artefacts, while also recognising the enduring socio-economic consequences of slavery.
For the NDC, Mahama’s role in steering the motion through the General Assembly has become a major point of national pride.
Party insiders say the airport reception is intended not only to congratulate the President but also to project the leadership on the global stage and reinforce the significance of the achievement among party faithful.
The event is expected to draw a large crowd of party supporters, government appointees, and sympathisers from across Greater Accra, with buses reportedly being arranged to transport supporters to the airport in a show of solidarity and celebration.
The background to this diplomatic success stretches back several years. Ghana, under successive administrations, has been central to the African Union’s reparations campaign, with former President Nana Akufo-Addo first helping to consolidate a continental framework through the 2023 AU decision on reparations and the Accra Reparations Conference.
Mahama’s administration, however, delivered the decisive final push at the UN, transforming years of continental consensus into a globally endorsed declaration.
His speech before the General Assembly framed the resolution as both a moral imperative and a safeguard against the erasure of Black history.
By organising a high-profile homecoming, the NDC appears keen to translate the diplomatic milestone into a moment of political symbolism—presenting Mahama as a statesman whose leadership has elevated the voice in international justice discourse.
However, Sunday’s airport gathering is therefore expected to serve as both a celebration of Mahama’s return and a public demonstration of support for the leading role in the global reparations movement.
