1,435 Supporters and Counting: 7 Reasons President Mahama Would Likely Support The Black Agenda Petition for Reparative Citizenship
Thank you to the Founding 1,000 and everyone who has joined since:
You are still carrying this movement forward.
We are now at 1,435 supporters, only 65 signatures away from the next Change.org milestone of 1,500 supporters.
The petition has now reached:
- 1,435 supporters
- 4,052 petition views
- 818 petition shares
- A petition strength score of 10: Great
- Only 65 signatures left to reach the next goal
Those are not just numbers.
Every signature is a public stand for repair.
Every share brings another person into the movement.
Every comment shows that these are real people, real stories, real concerns, and real demands.
Every new supporter makes it harder for this issue to be ignored.
The process must match the promise.
7 Reasons President Mahama Would Likely Support the Spirit of This Petition
This petition is not asking Ghana to abandon President Mahama’s stated vision. It is asking Ghana to fulfill it.
At the 28 December 2016 citizenship ceremony, President John Dramani Mahama publicly laid out the very principles that now support the call for fair, transparent, accessible, and permanent reparative citizenship for the Historic Diaspora.
1. He recognized the enslavement trade as the greatest human evil.
President Mahama said:
“The slave trade still remains the most evil act ever perpetrated by humans on other humans. Nothing in the history of mankind beats the evilness of the slave trade.”
That statement places this issue in the realm of repair, not ordinary immigration. If the historical crime was extraordinary, then the pathway of return must also be treated with extraordinary moral seriousness.
2. He acknowledged Ghana’s special moral responsibility.
President Mahama said:
“Ghana has more slave forts than any other country in Africa. And so it means that Ghana was an important exit route for most of our brothers and sisters who ended up in the diaspora as slaves.”
That matters deeply. By naming Ghana as a major exit point, he acknowledged that Ghana has a special responsibility in repairing the rupture that created the Historic Diaspora.
3. He said Ghana was turning the Door of No Return into a door of return.
President Mahama declared:
“Today we are here to turn that Door of No Return into a door of return.”
That is the heart of this petition. If the Door of No Return is truly becoming a door of return and repatriation, then that door should not be blocked by prohibitive fees, exclusionary DNA barriers, unclear procedures, surprise deadlines, or lack of representation.
4. He described citizenship as restoration, not a favor.
President Mahama said:
“I have the honor and privilege to restore to you your full rights as Ghanaian and African citizens.”
He did not frame citizenship as charity. He framed it as restoration. That is exactly why this petition calls for reparative citizenship, not a luxury immigration product.
5. He said he was giving back what rightfully belonged to the Historic Diaspora.
President Mahama made the principle even clearer:
“I deserve no thanks or praise, because I’m giving back to you what rightfully belong to you.”
That sentence alone captures the spirit of the petition. If citizenship is something being given back because it rightfully belongs to the people, then the process must be fair, accessible, transparent, and grounded in repair.
6. He placed this act within Ghana’s Pan-Afrikan legacy.
President Mahama said he was following in the footsteps of:
“Dr. Nkrumah, Padmore, Garvey, Du Bois, Martin Luther King, and all of them.”
He also reminded listeners that Ghana became a beacon of the liberation struggle. This petition stands inside that same Pan-Afrikan tradition. It is not anti-Ghana. It is calling Ghana to live up to the best of Ghana.
7. He said clearly: “It’s your right. You’re Ghanaians.”
President Mahama stated:
“It’s your right. You’re Ghanaians. You’re gonna live here. You’re gonna live as brothers and sisters. And you’re gonna be forever.”
That is not the language of exclusion. That is the language of belonging. It supports a permanent, year-round, transparent pathway to reparative citizenship for the Historic Diaspora.
That is why the spirit of this petition is already present in President Mahama’s own public declarations.
A fair, transparent, accessible, and permanent pathway to reparative citizenship is not a departure from President Mahama’s stated vision. It is the practical fulfillment of it.
Full transcript and video of President Mahama’s 28 December 2016 speech on reparative citizenship:
https://decadeofourrepatriation.com/exclusive-28-december-2016-speech-by-president-john-dramani-mahama/
This petition continues to call for real reform, including:
- Reviewing and suspending the prohibitive GHS 25,000 citizenship application fee
- Permanently removing DNA as an exclusionary barrier
- Ensuring real, constituency-mandated representation for the Historic Diaspora
- Establishing a clear, year-round pathway to reparative citizenship
- Requiring at least 90 days’ notice for major changes in fees, requirements, vetting dates, or deadlines
- Publishing a clear appeals and review process for applicants
- Creating a Historic Diaspora Citizenship and Inclusion Advisory Council with representatives selected by Historic Diasporans themselves
- Establishing a multi-stakeholder working group to guide reform and implementation
- Building a process grounded in reparative justice, not exclusion
Organizational Support Is Growing
The list of organizations publicly standing with the petition continues to grow. We are especially pleased to share that the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), Nana Marcus Garvey’s association, has now joined the petition publicly. This is deeply significant because President Mahama himself placed the 2016 restoration of citizenship within the Pan-Afrikan legacy of Nananom Nkrumah, Padmore, Garvey, Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr., and others. The public support of the UNIA further strengthens the historical and moral foundation of this reparative citizenship movement and shows that the call for fair, transparent, accessible, and permanent reparative citizenship is gaining organized support across the Black world.
Your Sharing Is Still Moving This Forward
The petition dashboard now shows that WhatsApp accounts for 24% of listed signature sources, making it the top recruiting channel again.
That means your direct sharing is working.
Your family groups are working.
Your community groups are working.
Your alumni groups are working.
Your professional networks are working.
Your repatriation circles are working.
Your trusted person-to-person sharing is moving this petition forward.
Please keep going.
We are only 65 signatures away from 1,500. This is within reach.
Recent Interviews Are Live
Two recent interviews on the reparative citizenship petition are available to watch and share on AbibitumiTV:
Radio One’s Carl Nelson Show:
https://abibitumitv.com/v/BDLpxf
WSYP Sankɔfa Radio with Attorney Anthony Muhammad:
https://abibitumitv.com/v/X2PZsp
Please watch, comment, and share these interviews with anyone who needs to understand why reparative citizenship must be fair, transparent, accessible, and grounded in justice.
Do Not Miss This Historic Moment to Demonstrate Pan-Afrikan Solidarity
- Share the petition again:
https://www.change.org/ghanacitizenship - Leave a comment on the petition page.
Tell the authorities why you signed. Use the phrase: “The process must match the promise.” - Start another WhatsApp Sprint.
Send the petition to at least 5 serious people today and ask them to do the same. - Share the interviews.
The more people hear the full explanation, the more they understand what is at stake.
Please copy and paste this message to your networks:
“President Mahama said in 2016 that citizenship for the Historic Diaspora was restoration of what rightfully belonged to us. The petition for fair Historic Diaspora reparative citizenship, representation, and inclusion in Ghana has reached 1,435 supporters, and we are only 65 signatures away from 1,500. The process must match the promise. Please sign and share today: https://www.change.org/ghanacitizenship
Media and Organizational Inquiries
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theblackagendagh@gmail.com
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