President John Mahama is scheduled to deliver the 2026 State of the Nation Address on Friday, February 27, in Parliament.
The Majority Leader, Mahama Ayariga, who is also the Chairman of the Business Committee made this known on the floor of the House when he presented a business statement for the fourth week.
The address serves as a constitutional requirement under Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution, which mandates the President to attend Parliament at the beginning of each session and deliver a message on the state of the nation.
Ahead of the address, the Parliamentary Service has issued detailed guidelines to regulate media coverage of the event at Parliament House in Accra. In a notice dated February 20, 2026, and addressed to all editors, Parliament underscored the need for strict adherence to accreditation and security protocols.
The statement noted that journalists who intend to cover the address but are not members of the Parliamentary Press Corps must submit their applications not later than Tuesday, February 24, 2026, to the Director of the Media Relations Department. It warned that failure to obtain accreditation would result in denial of access.
Media practitioners have also been directed to display their accreditation conspicuously throughout the event and restrict themselves to designated areas as indicated on their passes. The Rt. Hon. Speaker’s lobby has been declared “Out of Bounds” for photography, interviews and related media engagements.
In a bid to manage congestion within the precincts of Parliament, a clean feed will be provided for rebroadcast. The notice encourages media houses to rely on the feed unless it is absolutely necessary to access the public gallery, in order to avoid overcrowding.
All interviews and live broadcasts are to be conducted at the Foyer on the Ground floor of the Chamber block, Parliament House. The Parliamentary Service further indicated that media houses and reporters would undergo security screening, including checks on equipment and gadgets.
The allocation of space in the foyer will be on a “first come first served” basis. The public gallery, meanwhile, has been reserved for invited guests, with the media urged to limit their activities to the press gallery as much as possible.