New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential Candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, 72, has been declared Ghana’s 5th President of the Fourth Republic after an impressive performance in the 2016 presidential poll.
The three-time lucky NPP leader polled 5,716,026 to beat incumbent President John Mahama who had 4,713, 277 Electoral Commission Chairperson, Charlotte Osei announced Friday evening.
The declaration is also a confirmation of Joy News’ projection which predicted a win for Nana Akufo-Addo with a margin of 53.35 percent.
According to EC statistics, Nana Akufo-Addo recorded 53.85% of the total votes cast as against 44.40 by President Mahama.
The declaration of Nana Akufo-Addo as winner of the election brings to an end the era of the ‘John’ presidency which saw John Rawlings, John Kufuor, John Mills and John Mahama all taking their turn as president from 1992 to 2016.
A new dawn has arrived. Nana Akufo-Addo is president elect after several attempts. His first was in 1998 but could not win the party’s primaries because John Kufuor was another stalwart.
In 2008 Nana Akufo-Addo contested the presidential primaries with 16 other members of his party. He prevailed as flagbearer but failed to win the presidency even though he came very close.
He won the first round election but failed to make the 50 percent plus one required for him to be crowned president.
In the second round, his closest contender John Mills won the election. After four years, John Mahama became the leader of the NDC after the demise of president John Mills.
He contested the 2012 elections and beat Nana Akufo-Addo who again had won the party’s primaries.
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Source: Dan Kwasi Prince // www.dailyviewgh.com / Ghana
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