Resetting Ghana Agenda Mirrors Objectives of Accra Reset – President Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama has said Ghana’s domestic reform programme mirrors the objectives of the Accra Reset, with both agendas built on self-reliance, local value addition and accountable governance.
The President said the Resetting Ghana Agenda is aimed at resetting the national economy, fiscal management, governance structures and the industrial sector.
He explained that the domestic agenda rests on economic self-reliance, local value addition, public health infrastructure, transparent governance and the 24-Hour Economy initiative.
President Mahama said this on Monday when he delivered opening remarks at a High-Level Side Event on the Accra Reset: Global Reset Dialogue at the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York. The event was held at the Marriott Marquis.
“But as we undertake this heavy lifting at home, one truth becomes clear: you cannot successfully reset a national house if the global architecture around it remains fundamentally flawed,” he said.
The President noted that the Accra Reset takes the logic of domestic reform to the international stage.
“A national reset without a global reset leaves us building on shifting sand. Likewise, a global reset without domestic discipline is unfeasible. They are two sides of the same coin,” he stated.
Using the health sector as an example, President Mahama said resetting Ghana’s health sector does not mean simply building medical facilities and waiting for foreign donors to supply essential vaccines or IV fluids.
This, according to him, means building local industrial capacity and encouraging domestic pharmaceutical companies to manufacture essential medicines locally, backed by guaranteed state purchasing and regional market access.
The President said the Accra Reset declares that there can be no ownership without control, noting that sovereignty does not appear because a country signed a donor agreement.
He was, however, frank about the responsibility that comes with the demand for control, saying, moving power from distant boardrooms into an unaccountable ministry would not manifest sovereignty either, and that if the Global South demands control, it must earn it through accountability.
“In our Resetting Ghana Agenda, we are tightening fiscal controls, fighting corruption, and ensuring that every public cedi is accounted for down to the last pesewa,” he said.
The President described this as the bedrock of the New Global Bargain, where responsibility is matched by authority, authority is backed by real productive capability, and every partner is held accountable for their promises.
The event also saw the launch of “A Sovereign Future for Health,” a report by the High-Level Panel on Reform of the Global Health Architecture and Governance, which sets out ten recommendations.
President Mahama said Ghana will carry the Reset agenda into the heart of Africa’s collective policy framework when the country assumes the Chairmanship of the African Union in 2027, working with the Non-Aligned Movement and the G77 plus China.
Richard Aniagyei, ISD
