{"id":450866,"date":"2017-12-29T18:04:36","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T18:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/29\/weahs-victory-must-improve-living-standards-of-liberians-akufo-addo\/"},"modified":"2017-12-29T18:04:36","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T18:04:36","slug":"weahs-victory-must-improve-living-standards-of-liberians-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/29\/weahs-victory-must-improve-living-standards-of-liberians-akufo-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"Weah\u2019s victory must improve living standards of Liberians &#8211; Akufo-Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday, 29 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>mynewsgh.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-29<\/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\/75282947.295.jpg\" alt=\"Weah Nana Addo\" title=\"Weah Nana Addo\" width=\"295\" height=\"217\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Former football star George Weah has been elected as Liberia\u2019s president<\/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\/1514570676_29_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo\u2013Addo has extended a congratulatory message to football legend and leader of opposition Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) Senator George Manneh Weah following his electoral victory over Unity Party (UP) Standard Bearer and Vice President Joseph Boakai.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed hope that his victory and his subsequent ascending the highest office of that country will strengthen the frontiers of democracy to improve  the living standards of its citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Former football star George Weah has been elected as Liberia\u2019s president with nearly all ballots from Tuesday\u2019s run-off vote counted.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Weah as at Wednesday was well ahead of opponent Joseph Boakai with more than 61% of the vote sparking spontaneous jubilations in the capital Monrovia.<\/p>\n<p>He will succeed Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa\u2019s first elected female president, in Liberia\u2019s first democratic handover in decades.<\/p>\n<p>In a facebook post, Ghana\u2019s President said:\u201d 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. <\/p>\n<p>Vice President Boakai is also to be commended for the maturity of his campaign. This election has strengthened the frontiers of democracy in Liberia, and it is our hope that it will lead to the improvement of the living standards of Liberians. <\/p>\n<p>Best wishes for the success of President-elect George Weah, and Vice President-elect, Jewel Taylor\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 66 updated by: -1 --><\/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 Friday, 29 December 2017 Source: mynewsgh.com 2017-12-29 Former football star George Weah has been elected as Liberia\u2019s president President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo\u2013Addo has extended a congratulatory message to football legend and leader of opposition Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) Senator George Manneh Weah following his electoral victory over Unity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":450867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-450866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Weah\u2019s victory must improve living standards of Liberians - Akufo-Addo - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/29\/weahs-victory-must-improve-living-standards-of-liberians-akufo-addo\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Weah\u2019s victory must improve living standards of Liberians - Akufo-Addo - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"General News of Friday, 29 December 2017 Source: mynewsgh.com 2017-12-29 Former football star George Weah has been elected as Liberia\u2019s president President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo\u2013Addo has extended a congratulatory message to football legend and leader of opposition Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) Senator George Manneh Weah following his electoral victory over Unity [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/29\\\/weahs-victory-must-improve-living-standards-of-liberians-akufo-addo\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/29\\\/weahs-victory-must-improve-living-standards-of-liberians-akufo-addo\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Weah\u2019s victory must improve living standards of Liberians &#8211; 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