Ghana's opposition leader, John Mahama, won last weekend's presidential election with 56% of the vote.
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| Mr. John Mahama won the Ghana presidential election on December 7. (Source: Reuters) |
According to Reuters , the vote count results announced by the Ghana Electoral Commission on December 9 confirmed the victory of candidate Mahama of the National Democratic Congress, marking his return to the position of President of Ghana and ending the 8-year rule of the New Patriotic Party.
Mr Mahama defeated the ruling party's candidate and Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, who won 41% of the support.
Earlier, on December 8, Vice President Bawumia quickly admitted defeat and said that the Ghanaian people wanted change, after his government disappointed them by failing to address the rising cost of living.
Mr. Mahama, born in 1958, who led Ghana from 2012 to 2017, will replace President Nana Akufo-Addo, in the context of the West African country falling into the worst economic turmoil in many years, defaulting on debt and having to rely on a bailout agreement from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
In an interview with Reuters before the election, Mr Mahama said he would seek to renegotiate the terms of the $3 billion IMF bailout package.
He also promised to loosen business regulations, introduce a 24-hour, three-shift workday, enact tax reform and invest $10 billion in modernizing infrastructure.
Calling on voters to reset the country, he said in his final campaign speech before the election: "This is not just an ordinary election. This is a decisive moment for our country."
Ghana's presidential election is taking place on December 7 local time and just ahead of the event, the Ghanaian government has closed all land borders. According to a statement issued by Ghana's Ministry of Internal Affairs on December 6, this is to protect the election.
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