Ghana has approved a fresh consignment of relief items for Jamaica and extended its humanitarian mission in the Caribbean country as recovery efforts continue after Hurricane Melissa.

The latest support package includes construction equipment, air-conditioned tents, boats, outboard motors, medical supplies, water purifiers, and plumbing and electrical tools.

The items are expected to support reconstruction work and emergency services in communities affected by the storm.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, announced the decision in a Facebook post on  Tuesday, January 27, 2026.

He said the assistance was provided on the direct instructions of President John Dramani Mahama.

As part of the decision, Ghana also approved a request from the Jamaican authorities to extend Operation Boafo, the Ghanaian humanitarian deployment, from its initial 30-day mandate to 90 days.

The extension was authorised by the President in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces.

The relief items were formally received on behalf of the Jamaican government by the country’s Foreign Minister, Senator the Honourable Kamina Abena Johnson Smith.

Ghana’s involvement in Jamaica’s post hurricane response began in late 2025, when the government deployed a team of 54 military engineers from the Ghana Armed Forces 14 Engineer Brigade to support reconstruction work.

The team left Ghana on December 17, 2025, aboard a United States Air Force C-17 aircraft and arrived in Kingston to assist with the rebuilding of public infrastructure, including temporary shelters and damaged facilities.

The deployment followed an earlier national humanitarian contribution in November 2025, when President Mahama announced the donation of relief supplies valued at about GH¢10 million to Jamaica, Cuba and Sudan after the destruction caused by Hurricane Melissa. Those supplies included food, mattresses, medicines and other basic items.

Mr Ablakwa said the latest intervention reflected a deliberate shift in Ghana’s foreign policy posture, placing priority on solidarity and shared responsibility among friendly nations during periods of crisis.

“Ghana’s foreign policy would no longer be defined by how much we can take from others but by how much we can share with others, particularly our friends in distress,” Mr Ablakwa said.