{"id":275685,"date":"2016-12-09T14:39:23","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T14:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=275685"},"modified":"2016-12-09T14:39:23","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T14:39:23","slug":"remain-calm-until-results-are-declared-kofi-annan-to-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/12\/remain-calm-until-results-are-declared-kofi-annan-to-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"Remain calm until results are declared &#8211; Kofi Annan to candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Secretary General of UN, Kofi Annan has called on presidential candidates to remain calm until the announcement of the final results by the Electoral Commission.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u201cthere is no reason for incitement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>EC conducted good election<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kofi Annan in a statement also congratulated the Electoral Commission and its staff for \u201cconducting a good election on 7 December, worthy of our democratic tradition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I also applaud the support and the diligence of the electoral observers\u2013 national and international,&#8221;he added.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u201c the people of Ghana are waiting and watching, let\u2019s not disappoint them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kofi Annan further congratulated the five candidates who had already conceded defeat \u201cin light of the preliminary results and clear trends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the spirit of democracy, I call on the losers to concede as quickly as possible to defuse tensions and allay uncertainties,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EfeAnsah\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @EfeAnsah<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[ !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s) [0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); \/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Secretary General of UN, Kofi Annan has called on presidential candidates to remain calm until the announcement of the final results by the Electoral Commission. 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