Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been reelected by the electorate to govern the country for the next four years.
The country’s Electoral Commission (EC) on Wednesday declared him winner of Monday’s presidential election. Akufo-Addo who contested the election on the platform of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), won with 6,730,413 votes, which represents 51.59 per cent of the valid votes cast.
His closest opponent, John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) polled 6,214,889 votes (47.36 per cent).
Reacting to the election results, the President wrote on Facebook : “When you win an election, you don’t need to be aggressive. Be of good character and wait for the Electoral Commission to declare. And when you jubilate, be moderate and sensitive to public order and safety.”
The total votes cast was 13, 434,574, representing 79 per cent of the total registered voters.
Head of the ECOWAS Observer Mission Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf yesterday commended Ghana for conducting free, fair and transparent elections, urging African countries to emulate Ghana.
“It is pleasing to know that Ghana has lived up to its expectations in the conduct of elections in a free, fair and credible manner,” Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf said in a statement on Wednesday.
She said a peaceful transfer of power in Ghana is a great opportunity for not just Ghana but for the whole of Africa.
