Lordina Mahama

Lordina Mahama is a Ghanaian businesswoman, philanthropist, and the First Lady of Ghana as the wife of President John Dramani Mahama. She served as First Lady during President Mahama's first term from 2012 to 2017 and resumed the role in January 2025 when he returned to the presidency following the NDC's victory in the December 2024 elections, making her one of Ghana's most experienced holders of the First Lady office.

Born in Ghana, Lordina built her professional background as a businesswoman before her family's political prominence brought her into the national spotlight. Her business interests have spanned various sectors, and she has maintained an active professional identity alongside her public role as First Lady, demonstrating the independence and professional achievement that define her personal story beyond her position as the President's spouse.

As First Lady during her first tenure, she focused on women's empowerment, maternal health, childhood nutrition, and support for orphans and vulnerable children. Through the Lordina Foundation, her charitable organisation, she launched and supported a range of social welfare initiatives including support for health facilities, assistance to orphaned children, and programmes addressing poverty in underserved communities across Ghana.

Her Christian faith has been a visible and consistent part of her public identity, informing her philanthropic priorities and the values she has expressed in public forums. She has participated in prayer and faith-based initiatives at the national level and has used her platform to advocate for family values and child welfare.

Lordina Mahama's return to the role of First Lady in 2025 brought renewed attention to her philanthropic work and her social welfare initiatives. Having already established a track record in the role, she came back to the office with experience, a functioning charitable foundation, and a clear sense of the development areas she considers most important.

Her career as First Lady and as an independent businesswoman and philanthropist establishes her as a significant Ghanaian public figure whose contributions extend well beyond the ceremonial dimensions of the First Lady's role.