{"id":450685,"date":"2017-12-28T21:03:49","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T21:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/28\/akufo-addo-congratulates-george-weah-general-news-2017-12-28\/"},"modified":"2017-12-28T21:03:49","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T21:03:49","slug":"akufo-addo-congratulates-george-weah-general-news-2017-12-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/28\/akufo-addo-congratulates-george-weah-general-news-2017-12-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo congratulates George Weah | General News 2017-12-28"},"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>www.ghanaweb.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\/46071163.295.jpg\" alt=\"George Presid\" title=\"George Presid\" width=\"295\" height=\"196\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President Nana Akufo-Addo and George Weah, president-elect of Liberia<\/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\/1514495029_64_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">President Akufo-Addo has congratulated Liberia&#8217;s president-elect, George Weah.<\/p>\n<p>Following a peaceful presidential run-off on the 26th of December, 2017 the former football star garnered 61.5% of the vote while his opponent, Joseph Boakai was far behind with 38.5%. <\/p>\n<p>After hearing news of Weah&#8217;s victory, President Akufo-Addo took to his Facebook page to congratulate him for winning the election at the second round and commended Mr. Boakai for his matured campaign.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote, &#8220;Warm congratulations to George Oppong Weah on his decisive victory in Liberia\u2019s peaceful presidential run-off, thus becoming the next President of the Republic of Liberia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Below is the full post<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fnakufoaddo%2Fposts%2F10155994536704836&amp;width=200\" width=\"200\" height=\"400\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mr Weah, 51, won the first round of the presidential election in October with 38.4% of the vote, compared with the 28.8% won by second-placed Mr Boakai, 73. The failure of any candidate to secure an outright majority forced the run-off.<\/p>\n<p>The National Elections Commission (NEC) said on Thursday that with 98.1% of the run-off vote counted, Mr Weah had won 61.5% of the vote while Mr Boakai was far behind with 38.5%.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Weah played for a string of football clubs, including AC Milan, Chelsea and Paris St-Germain, and is the only African footballer to have won both Fifa World Player of the Year and the Ballon D&#8217;Or.<\/p>\n<p>He entered politics after his retirement from the game in 2002 and is currently a senator in Liberia&#8217;s parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Liberia, founded by freed US slaves in the 19th Century, has not had a smooth transfer of power from one elected president to another since 1944.<\/p>\n<p>Legal challenges delayed the vote to replace Ms Sirleaf, and turnout was low. Election officials put turnout at 56%.<\/p>\n<p>More than two million people were eligible to cast their ballots in the nation of 4.6 million people.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Sirleaf took office in 2006, after her predecessor President Taylor was forced out by rebels in 2003, ending a long civil war.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor is serving his 50-year prison sentence in the UK for war crimes related to the conflict in neighbouring Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 62 updated by: 3 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Thursday, 28 December 2017 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2017-12-28 President Nana Akufo-Addo and George Weah, president-elect of Liberia President Akufo-Addo has congratulated Liberia&#8217;s president-elect, George Weah. 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