Haruna Iddrisu, the Minister of Education, has once again endorsed Vice President Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang as a credible future President.
The Education Minister noted that Prof Jane Naana, being a Vice President, carries an irrebuttable presumption that she can assume the high office of President.
According to Haruna Iddrisu, Professor Jane Naana is a strong and indisputable candidate to become Ghana’s first female President.
The Education Minister expressed his confidence in the Vice President’s leadership abilities, affirming that she is well-qualified to lead the nation.
Speaking at the Ghana Teacher Prize event, held at the University of Health and Allied Sciences on October 5, Haruna Iddrisu stated, “There were many of you who sought to give it your own interpretation. Prof Jane, I am reminding them that my mother taught me that sometimes silence is golden because silence cannot be interpreted, but this one I wanted an interpretation because a vice president irrefutably is a presumption that she can assume the high office of president, irrefutably,” he stated.
Haruna Iddrisu’s remarks follow an earlier comment he made when Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang paid an official visit to the Ministry of Education on September 24, 2025.
Haruna Iddrisu told the Vice President, Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, that it is his prayer that God gives her a long life and health to one day become Ghana’s first female President.
According to Haruna Iddrisu, Prof Jane Naana’s elevation to the second-highest office of the land is a milestone for women in leadership.
He further acknowledged Prof Jane Naana’s lifelong commitment to education, as well as her advocacy for gender equality and inclusivity.
Haruna Iddrisu stated, “It is my pride and honour to welcome you back to the Ministry of Education, this time in an elevated capacity as the first female Vice President of our Republic.
It is my prayer that God will give you long life and good health…that probably you will be elevated to become the first female President. May Allah grant you the strength”, he added.
Haruna Iddrisu further labelled Prof Jane Naan as “champion of education, gender rights, gender interests and inclusiveness in the pursuit of government policy”.
He further recounted his long-standing working relationship with the Vice President and recalled a covenant they had shared over the years in improving education and gender-focused programs.
Meanwhile, a latest poll by Global InfoAnalytics has revealed that Haruna Iddrisu, the Minister for Education, is still in the lead as the preferred candidate to succeed President John Mahama for the NDC.
The Global InfoAnalytics poll shows Haruna Iddrisu in a lead with 29.8 per cent, while NDC National Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketia secured 24.1%, and Finance Minister Ato Forson, who garnered 18.4% support.
Chief of Staff Julius Debrah is also in fourth with 10.3%, while Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa came fifth with 8.1%.
Other contenders Eric Opoku recorded 2.5%, Prof. Joshua Alabi 2.2%, and Armah Kofi-Buah 2.0%.
Kwame Awuah Darko (1.6%), Spio Garbrah (1.1%), and Okoe Vanderpuye (0.1%) were at the bottom of the poll as the least preferred candidates to succeed John Mahama.
Also, Mustapha Gbande, the Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has told party members to kill the conversation surrounding who succeeds President John Mahama.
According to Mustapha Gbande, he is determined that President Mahama must succeed.
He emphasised that if the National Democratic Congress fail Ghanaians, they can bring Jesus Christ as a presidential candidate, they will still go to the opposition.
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Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has endorsed Vice President Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang as a credible future President.
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