{"id":496506,"date":"2026-03-01T00:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T00:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/496506\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T00:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T00:03:09","slug":"how-the-vice-president-reacted-to-speaker-bagbins-near-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/496506\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Vice President reacted to Speaker Bagbin&#8217;s near fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/NewsArchive\/SONA-2026-How-the-Vice-President-reacted-to-Speaker-Bagbin-s-near-fall-2023729?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/72499937.295.jpg\" alt=\"Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang is Ghana's Vice President\" title=\"Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang is Ghana's Vice President\" width=\"295\" height=\"183\" \/> <\/a>Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang is Ghana&#8217;s Vice President<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Vice President Professor <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=2917\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=2917\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang<\/a> was visibly shaken on Friday, February 27, 2026, as Speaker <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=213\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alban Bagbin<\/a> nearly fell outside <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3205\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3205\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3205\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Parliament<\/a> of Ghana shortly after the 2026 State of the Nation Address (SONA). <\/p>\n<p>Her expression captured the shock of the moment, while members of the security detail quickly intervened to prevent the Speaker from falling.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/NewsArchive\/SONA-2026-3-new-technical-universities-to-be-established-Mahama-2023617\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SONA 2026: 3 new technical universities to be established &#8211; Mahama<\/a><\/p>\n<p>President John Dramani Mahama and First Lady Lordina Mahama were nearby as the Speaker was helped to safety, ensuring the tense situation was quickly resolved.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, President Mahama delivered his 2026 State of the Nation Address, outlining his government\u2019s priorities for the year ahead. <\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged that his administration inherited a distressed economy but noted that progress has 2026 made in stabilising the country and putting it on a path to recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was clear from the outset that recovery would not come easily, but I was also clear that I would stop at nothing to turn this situation around and bring relief to Ghanaians,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>President Mahama emphasised that his administration remains committed to restoring growth. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/NewsArchive\/SONA-2026-Mahama-unveils-massive-expansion-of-free-and-inclusive-education-policies-2023712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SONA 2026 Mahama unveils massive expansion of free and inclusive  education policies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the outset, we resolved to choose discipline over waste, reform over excuses, and stability over speculation. Our first order of business was to halt the economic haemorrhage and restore order to public finances. We tightened expenditure and commitment controls, improved payables reporting, and conducted a comprehensive audit of 2024 commitments to restore credibility and discipline,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The address also touched on key national concerns, including the no-bed syndrome in hospitals, illegal mining (galamsey), education, and other critical sectors. <\/p>\n<p>Watch the video below to see the veep&#8217;s reaction: <\/p>\n<p>  <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@datnews_\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@datnews_?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@datnews_<\/a> LIVE | President John Dramani Mahama, Accompanied by First Lady Lordina Mahama and Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=2917\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=2917\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang<\/a>, Departs <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3205\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3205\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3205\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Parliament<\/a> After Delivering the 2026 State of the Nation Address \u2014 <a title=\"dailyafricatoday\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/dailyafricatoday?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#dailyafricatoday<\/a> <a title=\"datnews\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/datnews?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#datnews<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - DJ AMASS\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7412200146750065414?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u266c original sound &#8211; DJ AMASS<\/a>   <\/p>\n<p>JKB\/EB<\/p>\n<p>Mahama, Veep share laughs after Minority presents cocoa pods in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3205\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3205\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3205\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Parliament<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang is Ghana&#8217;s Vice President Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang was visibly shaken on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[28,101],"class_list":["post-496506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}