Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has dismissed swirling rumours concerning the health of Vice President Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, assuring the public that she is in good health and recovering steadily.

The Vice President reportedly took ill shortly after discharging official duties on Friday, March 28, 2025. She initially received treatment at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) before being flown abroad for further medical care. However, unverified reports about her health status have since spread across social media platforms.

Speaking during an engagement with the Ghanaian community in Lagos, Nigeria, on Sunday, April 6, Mr Ablakwa addressed the speculation head-on, attributing Prof. Opoku-Agyemang’s improved condition to the collective prayers and support of Ghanaians.

“Some fears about the state of our mother, the first female vice president of the Republic of Ghana. I also want to assure that she is doing very, very well. Your prayers worked, your prayers from all of us, Ghanaians at home and abroad, have really worked,” he stated.

“I have heard from her, so I know what I am talking about, and she’s doing well,” he added.

Mr Ablakwa urged the public to disregard falsehoods and malicious commentary, describing the health-related rumours as part of an orchestrated smear campaign.

“Please ignore all of that very vicious and unGhanaian evil propaganda that some people are speculating. Our mother is doing very, very well, and very soon she is going to return to her duties, serving Ghana, making all of you proud and particularly inspiring our young girls, our daughters, to know that there is nothing our women cannot achieve—that women are as good as men and that what men can do, women can also do and do it better,” he emphasised.

Prof. Opoku-Agyemang is expected to return to Ghana soon and resume her official duties.