{"id":282533,"date":"2017-01-07T10:46:46","date_gmt":"2017-01-07T10:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=282533"},"modified":"2017-01-07T10:46:46","modified_gmt":"2017-01-07T10:46:46","slug":"ghinaug-akufo-addo-bawumias-inauguration-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=282533","title":{"rendered":"#GhInaug: Akufo-Addo, Bawumia’s inauguration underway"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ceremony to swear in Nana Akufo-Addo as Ghana’s fifth President under the fourth Republic today, [Saturday] January 7, 2017, has started at the Black Star Square in Accra.<\/p>\n

The Vice President-elect, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, will also be sworn-in at the same event.<\/p>\n

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The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled to start at 10:00am, and has the President of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, as the special guest of honour, to be supported by Liberian President, Ellen Jonhson Sirleaf.<\/p>\n

Former Kenyan Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, and his deputy, Hassan Joho, are also in attendance at the inauguration ceremony.<\/p>\n

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According to the NPP, about 11 heads of State including those of Togo, Gabon, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Zambia, Benin, Nigeria and Guinea are scheduled to grace the event.<\/p>\n

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As expected, thousands of NPP sympathisers in their red, white and blue colours, are in a jaunty mood as they cheer on their victorious Flagbearer as he assumes the mantle of governance.<\/p>\n

Vendors have also converged on the venue to cash in on the day by selling party and Ghanaian paraphernalia.<\/p>\n

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Security is tight, with about 5,000 security officers deployed to enforce law and order at the venue, along with a number of access to some roads to venue blocked to traffic.<\/p>\n

Nana Akufo-Addo secured the presidency after the\u00a0third time of asking, beating the incumbent, President John Mahama.<\/p>\n

Nana Akufo-Addo rode on the back with 53.85 percent of the valid votes cast, to become Ghana’s fifth president under the fourth Republic.<\/p>\n

President Mahama, who ran on the ticket of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), secured 44.40 of valid votes cast.<\/p>\n

Nana Akufo-Addo hails from a rich political heritage with three of the iconic Big Six, the founding fathers of Ghana, being his relatives.<\/p>\n

J.B. Danquah\u00a0is his grand-uncle; William Ofori-Atta, his uncle and Edward Akufo-Addo, the third Chief Justice of Ghana and later the ceremonial President of the Republic from 1969 to 1972, his father.<\/p>\n

Nana Akufo-Addo himself, aged 72, has already served Ghana as the Attorney General and then as Foreign Minister in the John Kufuor-led NPP government from 2000 to 2008.<\/p>\n

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Photos: Godwin Allotey<\/p>\n

By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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