President Mahama was scheduled to be on the crashed aircraft, but canceled at the last minute. Prez. Mahama was billed to attend the launch of the Responsible Cooperative Mining and Skills Development Programme (rCOMSDEP) in Obuasi on Wednesday, August 6, 2025
A video from the event site showed a banner featuring President Mahama’s photo as a special guest. In the video, the Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Frank Amoakohene, announced that he had to leave the program abruptly to attend to the helicopter crash.
