{"id":261899,"date":"2024-12-07T02:14:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T02:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/07\/ghana-bar-association-urges-tolerance-ahead-of-2024-elections-4\/"},"modified":"2024-12-07T02:14:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T02:14:15","slug":"ghana-bar-association-urges-tolerance-ahead-of-2024-elections-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/07\/ghana-bar-association-urges-tolerance-ahead-of-2024-elections-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Bar Association urges tolerance ahead of 2024 elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/977\/97716780.295.jpg\" alt=\"GBA President, Efua Ghartey\" title=\"GBA President, Efua Ghartey\" width=\"295\" height=\"260\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>GBA President, Efua Ghartey<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has issued a call for utmost tolerance and restraint from Ghanaians during and after the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement signed by its President, Mrs. Efua Ghartey, the Association emphasized the importance of peaceful, free, and fair elections.<\/p>\n<p>GBA President Mrs. Efua Ghartey, who made history as the first female president of the Ghana Bar Association, urged citizens to conduct themselves with integrity, respect, and civility, even in the face of differing opinions. <\/p>\n<p>The Association also reminded its members to be worthy ambassadors in promoting the tenets of a good election.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana is set to hold its presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday, December 7, 2024. <\/p>\n<p>The leading candidates are current Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and former President John Mahama of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). <\/p>\n<p>Other candidates in the presidential race include Alan Kyeremanten and Nana Kwame Bediako.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/640\/64009064.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>KA<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"4wtu_gyibV0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CODEO calls for vigilance among general public against false reports on election day\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4wtu_gyibV0?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GBA President, Efua Ghartey The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has issued a call for utmost tolerance and restraint from Ghanaians during and after the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections. In a statement signed by its President, Mrs. Efua Ghartey, the Association emphasized the importance of peaceful, free, and fair elections. GBA President Mrs. Efua Ghartey, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":261900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-261899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ghana Bar Association urges tolerance ahead of 2024 elections - 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\/2024\/12\/07\/ghana-bar-association-urges-tolerance-ahead-of-2024-elections-4\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ghana Bar Association urges tolerance ahead of 2024 elections - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"GBA President, Efua Ghartey The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has issued a call for utmost tolerance and restraint from Ghanaians during and after the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections. 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