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    Ghana’s opposition leader Akufo-Addo is president-elect

    Chronicle EditorBy Chronicle EditorDecember 10, 2016No Comments2 Mins Read
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    Nana Akufo-Addo is Ghana's president-elect
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    Nana Akufo-Addo is Ghana’s president-elect

    Ghana’s opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo has won Wednesday’s tightly contested presidential election.

    President John Mahama called Akufo-Addo to admit defeat, a spokesman for his party said, as the Electoral Commission announced the result.

    The opposition leader has promised free high-school education and more factories but critics have questioned the viability of his ambitions.

    Celebrations have broken out in the capital, Accra.

    Ghana has been a multi-party democracy since the end of military rule in 1992 and this result is seen as reinforcing its reputation for the peaceful transfer of power between administrations.

    Akufo-Addo, from the New Patriotic Party, won the election on his third attempt to reach the presidency, after a campaign dominated by the country’s faltering economy.

    “I make this solemn pledge to you tonight: I will not let you down,” he told a jubilant crowd in front of his residence.

    “I will do all in my power to live up to your hopes and expectations.”

    Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) declared Mr Akufo-Addo the winner, with 53.85% of the votes, while Mr Mahama took 44.40%.

    Turnout was at 68.62%.

    Nana Akufo-Addo In Brief

    • 72 years-old
    • Human rights lawyer
    • Campaigned for a return to multi-party democracy under military rule
    • A former justice and foreign minister in the NPP government from 2001 to 2007, he is running for president for a third time
    • Main promise: Build a factory in each of Ghana’s more than 200 districts

    In the previous election in 2012, Mahama, from the National Democratic Congress, defeated Akufo-Addo by less than 300,000 votes.

    It is the second time in the space of a week that a West African president has conceded to an opposition candidate, following the shock defeat of President Yahya Jammeh in Gambia’s elections.

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