Ghana’s President-elect, Nana Akufo Addo, has thanked Ghanaians after securing a second term in office.
Akufo-Addo, who contested on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) beat the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) John Mahama in the 2020 presidential elections.
In a post on Facebook after being declared winner, he thanked Ghanaians for giving him victory.
“Thank you, Ghana, for voting 4More!” Akufo-Addo wrote on Instagram, accompanied by a photo of himself and Vice President, Dr. Bawumia.
He won the election after polling over six million votes, which represents 51.59 of the total votes cast.
His main rival, Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) also managed to poll 47.36% of the total votes cast.
This is the second time that Akufo-Addo has beaten Mahama to the Presidency after emerging victorious in the 2016 elections with an almost one million gaps.
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Source: TheBBCghana.Cokm