On January 7, 2025, a 65-year-old man intends to walk the more than 250 kilometers from Kumasi to Accra in order to see John Dramani Mahama's inauguration as Ghana's president.

Alhaji Ayaana is a philanthropist and businessman from Tamale who plans to drive to Kumasi and then walk the more than 250 miles to Accra.

Beginning on January 5 and concluding on January 7, the day of the swearing-in event, he intends to take three days to complete that route.

The 65-year-old man informed reporters that the action is his way of congratulating John Dramani Mahama, the president-elect, on winning the 2024 presidential election.

Alhaji Yakubu has before embarked on a journey of this magnitude.

He is said to have walked in 1997 to mark the swearing-in of former President Jerry John Rawlings for a second term. In an effort to foster national unity and health, he also planned a 16-kilometer peace and health walk in Tamale on Independence Day in 1999.

After finishing a 19-kilometer health walk from Tamale's Yakubu Tali International Airport to Jubilee Park, the billionaire revealed his most recent project on Saturday, December 21.

Ghana's smooth 2024 elections were celebrated with the Tamale walk.

In addition, the walk served as a way to thank Ghanaians for their overwhelming support of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2024 elections.

Alhaji Yakubu said he hoped the president-elect would keep his campaign pledges, especially the one about lowering the cost of the Hajj, which is a major concern for Ghanaian Muslims.

For the same Hajj, pilgrims who used my agency this year paid roughly GH¢40,000, while others paid up to GH¢75,000. As promised, lowering the Hajj fare will make it easier for Muslims who want to make the pilgrimage, he remarked.

Additionally, he called on President Mahama to "give regional decentralization of visa issuance and biometric verification procedures top priority." For pilgrims from the northern areas, who frequently encounter difficulties traveling to Accra for these procedures, this will simplify things.

Baako Alhassan, a traditional healer who participated in the walk, emphasized the value of fitness for his part.

He urged others to follow Alhaji Yakubu's commitment to national unity and health, calling his initiative a demonstration of tenacity and patriotism.