After beating incumbent, John Mahama in Ghana’s Presidential elections in December. Nana Akufo-Addo has now been sworn in as the new President of Ghana. President Nana Akufo-Addo ran on the platform of the New Patriotic Party and had run for the job of President two times before.

Several African leaders were in attendance at the swearing in of the 72-year-old former Human Rights activist whose promise of change swept him to political power.

Akufo-Addo has promised free education as well as lowering taxes to boost the creation of factories. </s> Nana Akufo-Addo was sworn in on Saturday as Ghana’s new president at a ceremony applauded for its easy transition of power.

 In a speech as he took office, the President said: “I will not let the good people of Ghana down.

 “I pledge to do my best to move this country to higher level of development; I will not let the good people of Ghana down.

 “We should move on to deepen our democracy.”

 The 72-year-old president also promised to work with Ghana’s neighbours “to ensure stability on the African continent”.

 The new president, a lawyer who served as Ghana’s foreign minister in 2008, vowed to build on the West African country’s economic success.

 Akufo-Addo got 53.85 per cent of the votes in Ghana’s September election to defeat incumbent John Mahama who got 44 per cent of the votes.

 Report says the peaceful transfer of power from ex-President Mahama was drawing special attention.

 Fourteen African heads of state, including Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, attended the ceremony in Accra.

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Nana Akufo-Addo is to be sworn in as Ghana’s new president on Saturday after beating incumbent leader John Dramani Mahama in elections last month. The 72-year-old former human rights lawyer will take the oath of office at a ceremony in Independence Square in central Accra before more than 6,000 guests and members of the public.Read More The post Akufo-Addo to be sworn in as Ghana’s new president appeared first on Vanguard News... Read Full Story </s> The Electoral Commission (EC), has declared the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential Candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo, the winner of the 2016 elections.

The NPP Flagbearer finally secured the presidency after a third time, beating the incumbent, President John Mahama with 53.85 percent of valid votes cast.

Nana Akufo-Addo rode on the back of the valid votes cast to become Ghana’s fifth president under the fourth Republic.

President Mahama, who ran on the ticket of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), secured 44.40 of valid votes cast.

President Mahama's defeat makes him the first incumbent to lose an election since Ghana returned to multi-party democracy in 1992.

The NPP Flagbearer had already acknowledged the concession of five of six other contenders some 48 hours to the official declaration of results by the EC.

The candidates of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Dr. Edward Mahama, the National Democratic Party (NDP), Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom and the independent candidate, Jacob Osei Yeboah, all called him to concede the election.

These five candidates all secured 1.76 percent of votes cast.

15, 712, 499 persons were registered to vote in this election across 28, 992 polling stations across the 275 constituencies. Figures from the EC indicate that the election saw a turnout of

He is the second candidate to have won the presidency after contesting for the third time. The late President John Atta Mills also won the seat on the third ask.

Nana Akufo-Addo comes from a rich political heritage with three of the iconic Big Six, the founding fathers of Ghana, being his relatives.

They were J. B. Danquah, his grand-uncle; William Ofori-Atta, his uncle and Edward Akufo-Addo, the third Chief Justice of Ghana and later the ceremonial President of the Republic from 1969 to 1972 as his father.

Nana Akufo-Addo himself, aged 72, has already served Ghana as the Attorney General and then as Foreign Minister in the John Kufuor-led NPP government from 2000 to 2008.

Unlike the 2012 election campaign where the Nana Akufo-Addo and his party campaigned on a platform of educational reform with the free SHS promise, the Nana Akufo-Addo’s campaign for the presidency was on the back of a promise address unemployment and job creation with the NPP’s 2016 manifesto themed “Change: An agenda for jobs”. </s> Mr Nana Akufo-Addo will be sworn in on Saturday as the new President of Ghana after beating incumbent leader John Mahama in the December polls.

The 72-year-old, who contested under the platform of the New Patriotic Party, was elected president on his third attempt to reach the post.

The former human rights lawyer has promised free high school education and more factories in Ghana.

His inauguration is expected to be witnessed by President Mahama and former leaders John Rawlings and John Kufuor.

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, and some other African leaders as well as thousands of people are expected to attend the ceremony in Accra, Ghana’s capital.

Major roads in and around the area have been cordoned off. </s> Nana Akufo-Addo has been sworn in as the President of Ghana. He took the oath of office, led by Chief Justice Theodora Georgina Wood, before several African leaders, including President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria and thousands of citizens, at the Black Stars Square on Saturday. Akufo-Addo takes over from John Dramani Mahama, who he defeated […] </s> Ghana's main opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo said he was "quietly confident" he had beaten incumbent President John Mahama in the presidential elections, a claim promptly rejected by the ruling party.

The electoral commission has yet to release results from this week's elections but the opposition said it had tabulated figures from individual constituencies.

Afuko-Addo told hundreds of supporters in the capital Accra on Thursday that his New Patriotic Party (NPP) had taken a majority of seats in parliament but he called for calm and urged patience to allow the electoral commission time to deliver the results.

"We in the NPP are quietly confident that we have won a famous and historic victory," Akufo-Addo said.

Officials from Mahama's National Democratic Congress (NDC) rejected the claims and said the incumbent was on track for re-election.

Update: As at now, we have received 25 Constituency Collated results at the National Collation Centre #ghanaelection2016 #ghanadecides pic.twitter.com/IID6G9CjPe — Electoral Commission (@ECGhanaOfficial) December 8, 2016

Al Jazeera's Nicholas Haque, reporting from the capital Accra, said that Ghanaians were anxiously waiting for the final results.

"Outside the election commisison, police are out in full force and they want to ensure that the outcome is peaceful," our correspondent said.

Mahama is running for a second and final term in office against the backdrop of an economy that has slowed since he took office in 2013, partly because of a slump in global prices for its exports of gold, cocoa and oil.

Akufo-Addo, a former foreign minister, has focused on Ghana's economic woes as a campaign theme, and has repeatedly accused Mahama and the NDC of incompetence.

Let's allow EC to carry out its constitutional mandate. We'll make Ghana proud no matter outcome. — John Dramani Mahama (@JDMahama) December 9, 2016

Akufo-Addo's statement was the first by a major party leader since the election and reflects opposition belief that after eight years in the wilderness it has won back power.

However, it also appeared aimed at tempering NPP members' earlier claims of an insurmountable lead for Akufo-Addo and calls for Mahama to concede defeat.

READ MORE: Ghanaian voices on coming presidential elections

"The NPP has done everything to try to bastardise the 2016 general election. We are doing our analysis and President Mahama is leading Akufo-Addo," Koku Anyidoho, a senior NDC official, told a news conference.

Privately, senior aides to Mahama say he remains confident.

Joy FM, a private radio station, put Akufo-Addo at 51.42 percent and Mahama at 46.72 percent with 176 of 275 constituencies counted.

Website GhanaWeb gave results for 160 constituencies and said Akufo-Addo had 55.8 percent with Mahama on 42.5 percent. Minor candidates took the other votes.

Seven candidates are contesting Ghana's presidency. If no one wins a majority, there will be a runoff between the top two.

The election has tested the Ghana Electoral Commission and its new Commissioner, Charlotte Osei. Observers reported almost no major problems on election day but the NPP and the National Peace Council on Thursday urged the commission to start releasing results quickly.

Osei told a news conference that the commission had collated results from 90 constituencies and would release them, though she gave no timeframe. She said technical problems had delayed other results.

"We want to assure you that we cannot change the results in any way. We cannot manipulate those results," she said. </s> Nana Akufo-Addo was sworn in on Saturday as Ghana’s new president at a ceremony applauded for its easy transition of power. In a speech as he took office, the President said “I will not let the good people of Ghana down. “I pledge to do my best to move this country to higher level of development; I will not let the good people of Ghana down.

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Also, Like us on facebook </s> Former human rights lawyer, Mr. Nana Akufo-Addo was today sworn in as Ghana’s fifth president of the fourth republic.

Aigboje Ikhuoria reports that the seventy-two year old and his vice, Doctor Mahamadu Bawunia subscribed to Oaths of office and Allegiance, administered by Ghana’s Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora in Independence Square in Central Accra.
Opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo wins the presidency.