By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila and Bate Felix
Ghana’s electoral fee on Monday declared ex-president and fundamental opposition chief John Dramani Mahama winner of Saturday’s presidential election with 56.55% of the vote, in keeping with provisional outcomes.
Mahama’s fundamental rival, vp and ruling-party presidential candidate Mahamudu Bawumia, already conceded defeat on Sunday in each presidential and legislative elections to ease tensions.
The electoral fee mentioned it had counted votes from 267 out of the West African nation’s 276 constituencies. Voter turnout was 60.9%.
Mahama, 66, is making a comeback after serving as Ghana’s president from 2012 to 2016. He described Bawumia as representing a continuation of the insurance policies that led to Ghana’s worst financial disaster in a era.
“This mandate serves as a continuing reminder of what destiny awaits us if we fail to achieve the aspirations of our individuals and govern with conceitedness,” he informed a whole lot of jubilant supporters at his marketing campaign grounds after outcomes have been introduced.
“The victory reveals that the Ghanaian individuals have little tolerance for dangerous governance,” he added, promising “extreme measures and governance reforms” to “reset our nation”.
In an interview with Reuters earlier than the election, Mahama mentioned he would search to renegotiate phrases of a $3-billion Worldwide Financial Fund bailout secured final 12 months to restructure the nation’s debt.
He has additionally promised to ease enterprise rules, introduce a 24-hour triple-shift work system, enact tax reforms and make investments $10 billion in modernising infrastructure.
A spiralling financial and cost-of-living disaster in Ghana, which produces cocoa, gold and oil, hit the recognition of Akufo-Addo’s authorities and elevated momentum for a change in management.
This text was produced by Reuters information company. It has not been edited by World South World.
