Doe Adjaho sworn-in as President

Speaker of Parliament Edward Doe Adjaho has taken the presidential oath as acting president of Ghana following the absence of President Mahama and his vice Kwesi Amissah-Arthur.

President Mahama is currently on an official visit to Scotland. The President’s visit comes at a time when vice President Amissah Arthur is on an official visit to the Republic of India.

The Chief Justice in accordance with article 60(11) of the constitution was in Parliament Wednesday morning to administer the presidential oath.


After reading out the president’s letter informing the house of his absence, Mr. Adjaho took the oath.

The speaker’s decision to take the oath comes after a nine member supreme court panel presided over by Justice Sophia Akuffo, by a unanimous decision, ordered that the speaker of parliament must at all times take the oath of the president anytime he or she has to assume the high office of the land.

The decision became necessary after the speaker decided not to take the oath of the president on 4th November 2014, in contravention of the 1992 constitution.

The boss of Citi FM prayed the Supreme Court to declare as unconstitutional, the Speaker of Parliament’s decision not to be sworn in as President before acting in that position in the absence of the President and his Vice.

The Speaker on two occasions, refused to take the mandatory oath of office, while the President, John Mahama and his Vice, Amissah-Arthur were on official assignments.