The Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, Dr. Kingsley Agyemang, has named a newborn baby girl in honor of First Lady Lordina Dramani Mahama. This gesture followed months of support he provided to a 13-year-old girl from Adukrom in the Ashanti Region, who became pregnant after an alleged gang rape and was left with little familial or community support.
After learning of the teenager’s plight through Kumasi-based Oyerepa TV, Dr. Agyemang stepped in to cover medical expenses and provide food and essential supplies throughout her pregnancy and after delivery.
The decision to name the child after the First Lady came, the MP explained, from a spiritual prompting rather than political motives.
“I was on a flight from London to the USA when I fell into a kind of trance,” Dr. Agyemang recounted.
“A voice told me to name the unborn baby after the First Lady. When I wondered why, the voice asked, ‘Who is the First Lady of Ghana?’ I answered inwardly, and then I awoke.”
At the time, he did not yet know the child’s gender.
“The name was divinely given. I had other naming options in mind, including naming her after my own mother, but I felt compelled to follow this guidance,” he stated.
Dr. Agyemang stressed that the act was meant to symbolize compassion and collective responsibility.
“This was not politically motivated. It reminds us to help one another without attaching partisan colours,” he said. “We believe a child takes on the traits of the person they are named after. It is my hope this baby grows to embody the First Lady’s grace and positive impact on society.”
The MP emphasized that the naming reflects gratitude and a shared duty to protect vulnerable children and survivors of abuse.
