A Good Week for Nana Akufo-Addo and a Bad Week for Hlaudi
Third time lucky for Ghana’s president-elect, while the Hlaudi Motsoeneng wrecking ball may just have been checked
15 December 2016 - 09:12
It was third time lucky for Ghana’s president-elect, Nana Akufo-Addo, after the electoral commission declared his New Patriotic Party had won 54% of the vote to 44% for John Mahama’s ruling National Democratic Congress. Akufo-Addo, scion of Ghanaian royalty and the political establishment, lost in 2008 and 2012. He tweeted: “A few minutes ago I received a call from President @JDMahama congratulating me on winning the 2016 presidential election. #ChangeHasCome.” All good for democracy.
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