Constitutional Review Committee proposes 5-year presidential term in Ghana

• Posted on December 22, 2025December 22, 2025
• by Nana Kwesi Coomson
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The Constitutional Review Committee has proposed a five-year presidential term in Ghana.

The committee noted that the current four-year term is too short.

It also said it did not find a place for a third term for a sitting president during its work.

Chair of the Committee, Professor H Kwasi Prempeh, said during the presentation of the final report on Monday, December 22, that nobody seemed to really like the idea of a third term.

“We couldn’t find a place for a third term; nobody really seemed to like it, there was really no demand for it,” he said.

Prof Prempeh further stated that the committee also wants a review of how heads of state-owned enterprises are appointed.

With the powers of the Attorney-General, Prof Prempeh said the committee wants the powers of the A-G reviewed and some taken away and given to an Ethics Commission to handle cases of corruption. This, in the view of the committee, is to give the A-G free hands to do international arbitration and big constitutional cases.

“ORAL will be done by some other body. We want to take some of the powers of the A-G and give to an Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission,” he said.

The Committee had been gathering national feedback on proposed changes to several parts of Ghana’s 1992 Constitution for months.

President John Dramani Mahama earlier mentioned that the team had briefed him and provided an overview of its initial findings during a meeting held three weeks ago.

“They met me three weeks ago and made a presentation of some of the findings they were going to make. They are quite interesting. They intend to present the final results on December 22. Once the final report is presented, we will make it known to the rest of the nation,” he stated during discussions with the National Peace Council at the Jubilee House on Wednesday, December 10.