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The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, on Sunday, commended Ghana\u2019s electoral process, highlighting its innovations and political stability as key factors in the smooth conduct of its 2024 presidential election.\n<\/p>\n
Ghana\u2019s ex-president John Mahama won the country\u2019s presidential election held on Saturday, December 7, 2024, after his main opponent, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, conceded defeat.\n<\/p>\n
The VP confirmed that he had called his opponent, Mahama \u2014 the National Democratic Congress candidate and former president \u2014 to congratulate him, saying in a statement, \u201cThe people of Ghana have spoken and they have voted for change at this time. We respect this with all humility.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
According to AFP, the Election Commission said the official results were likely to be announced by Tuesday.<\/p>\n
<\/amp-video-iframe><\/p>\nYakubu, who monitored the election and spoke in a short video obtained by our correspondent, observed the political stability inherent in Ghana\u2019s democracy, noting the consistency of its political party structures and voter loyalty.\n<\/p>\n
Yakubu cited the perseverance of the main opposition candidate, a former vice president and the current President, Nana Akufo-Addo who contested multiple elections before achieving success.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cRarely in Ghana do you see people moving from one party to another with every general election. So, that is important.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt provides stability. It also provides their supporters (with) stability. So, there are people who have supported political parties for many years. So, whether the party is in power or opposition, they stick to the political party,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n
The INEC boss also noted that Ghana\u2019s approach to managing results at the constituency level, inspired by Nigeria, has improved the efficiency of the electoral process.\n<\/p>\n
Previously, all parliamentary and presidential results were sent to the headquarters of the Electoral Commission in Accra for announcement.\n<\/p>\n
However, Ghana has adopted a decentralised system, allowing constituency-level officers to announce parliamentary results locally while only presidential results are sent to Accra.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThe second thing for me is the lesson that Ghana also learnt from Nigeria in the area of managing constituency election results. Until the last election in Ghana, all results come to the Electoral Commission\u2019s headquarters in Accra; which is parliamentary and presidential.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cAlthough Ghana is not a federal system, they learnt from Nigeria where you have returning officers who announce results for parliamentary elections in the various constituencies around the country. Only the presidential election results come to Accra.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Nigeria, this is what we have done and they borrowed a leave from us, and this is the second time they are implementing that. That is why, as you can see, the declaration of the presidential election result was a lot faster than it used to be in the past,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n
Expressing satisfaction with the process, Yakubu stated, \u201cWe are grateful that the election has gone very well. The process and its outcome so far have been commendable, and we continue to support our colleagues in Ghana\u2019s Electoral Commission.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
The defeat in Saturday\u2019s election ends two terms in power for the governing New Patriotic Party under Akufo-Addo, marked by Ghana\u2019s worst economic crisis in years, involving high inflation and\u00a0a\u00a0debt\u00a0default.\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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