{"id":450558,"date":"2017-12-28T10:30:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T10:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/28\/ghana-govt-denies-congratulating-george-weah-liberians-await-initial-results\/"},"modified":"2017-12-28T10:30:07","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T10:30:07","slug":"ghana-govt-denies-congratulating-george-weah-liberians-await-initial-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/28\/ghana-govt-denies-congratulating-george-weah-liberians-await-initial-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Gov&#8217;t denies congratulating George Weah, Liberians await initial results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday, 28 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>africanews.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-28<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/16007973.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ghana Liberia Congratulates\" title=\"Ghana Liberia Congratulates\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Liberia\u2019s National Elections Commission (NEC) says results will be released later today, December,28<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514457007_552_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Government of Ghana has denied news that its president has congratulated George Weah for winning Liberia\u2019s presidential runoff vote held on December 26.<\/p>\n<p>Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, Ghana\u2019s Information Minister described the reports making rounds in local media and on social media as \u2018fake news,\u2019 stressing that the Government was waiting for the elections body to declare official results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish to state categorically that the President has made no such call, and we urge Ghanaians to disregard this false news. Just like the rest of the world, we will await the results of the run-off as declared by Liberia\u2019s Electoral Commission,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>Liberia\u2019s National Elections Commission (NEC) says it will release provisional results from the polls later today, December 28 \u2013 two clear days after the close of polls.<\/p>\n<p>Its statement of Wednesday December 27 said \u201cit will on Thursday December 28 begin the announcement of provisional results of the 2017 presidential runoff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe runoff was held on Tuesday December 26 between VP Joseph Boakai of the UP and Senator George Weah of the CDC. The NEC says tally of votes started today, Tuesday across the country and it is continuing.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Weah congrats: Namibia president, Nigerian governor caught &#8216;offside&#8217; https:\/\/t.co\/8uQERq7KFy<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 africanews (@africanews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/africanews\/status\/946075444578799616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Most news portals across the world reported of a Weah victory in the vote. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) tweeted a congratulatory message to the former footballer which it later deleted.<\/p>\n<p>The president of Namibia, Hage Geingob, and governor of Ekiti State in Nigeria, Peter Ayodele Fayose, have all congratulated Weah despite the unofficial victory calls.<\/p>\n<p>If confirmed, the 51-year-old will take over from Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the outgoing president. 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