{"id":30982,"date":"2016-12-10T23:39:44","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T23:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/ghana-election-opposition-leader-akufo-addo\/"},"modified":"2016-12-10T23:39:31","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T23:39:31","slug":"ghana-election-opposition-leader-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/ghana-election-opposition-leader-akufo-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana election: Opposition leader Akufo-Addo declared winne"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Ghana’s opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo has won Wednesday’s tightly contested presidential election.}<\/p>\n

President John Mahama called Mr Akufo-Addo to admit defeat, a spokesman for his party said, as the Electoral Commission announced the result.<\/p>\n

Mr Akufo-Addo has promised free high-school education and more factories but critics have questioned the viability of his ambitions.<\/p>\n

Celebrations have broken out in the capital, Accra.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Mr 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.
\n“I make this solemn pledge to you tonight: I will not let you down,” he told a jubilant crowd in front of his residence.<\/p>\n

“I will do all in my power to live up to your hopes and expectations.”<\/p>\n

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%.<\/p>\n

72 years-old<\/p>\n

Human rights lawyer<\/p>\n

Campaigned for a return to multi-party democracy under military rule<\/p>\n

A former justice and foreign minister in the NPP government from 2001 to 2007, he is running for president for a third time<\/p>\n

Main promise: Build a factory in each of Ghana’s more than 200 districts<\/p>\n

In the previous election in 2012, Mr Mahama, from the National Democratic Congress, defeated Mr Akufo-Addo by less than 300,000 votes.<\/p>\n

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